scholarly journals The impact of body mass index on mortality and cardiovascular events following acute coronary syndrome: Is there an obesity paradox?

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. e3
Author(s):  
J. Sathananthan ◽  
M. Lee ◽  
A. Kerr
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Se-Jun Park ◽  
Kyoung Hwa Ha ◽  
Dae Jung Kim

Abstract Background The “obesity paradox” has not been elucidated in the long-term outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated the association between obesity and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in ACS patients with and without diabetes. Methods We identified 6978 patients with ACS aged 40–79 years from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort between 2002 and 2015. Baseline body mass index (BMI) was categorized as underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5–22.9 kg/m2), overweight (23.0–24.9 kg/m2), obese class I (25.0–29.9 kg/m2), and obese class II (≥ 30.0 kg/m2). The primary outcome was major adverse CV events (MACE)—CV death, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke. The secondary outcomes were the individual components of MACE, hospitalization for heart failure (HHF), and all-cause death. Results After adjustment for confounding variables, compared to normal-weight patients without diabetes (reference group), obese class I patients with and without diabetes had a lower risk of MACE, but only significant in patients without diabetes (with diabetes: hazard ratio [HR] 0.95, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.78–1.14; without diabetes: HR 0.78, 95% CI 0.62–0.97). Obese class II patient with diabetes had a higher risk of MACE with no statistical significance (HR 1.14, 95% CI 0.82–1.59). Underweight patients with and without diabetes had a higher risk of MACE, but only significant in patients with diabetes (with diabetes: HR 1.79, 95% CI 1.24–2.58; without diabetes: HR 1.23, 95% CI 0.77–1.97). Conclusion In ACS patients, obesity had a protective effect on CV outcomes, especially in patients without diabetes.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se-Jun Park ◽  
Kyoung Hwa Ha ◽  
Dae Jung Kim

Abstract Background: The “obesity paradox” has not been elucidated in the long-term outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Therefore, we investigated the association between obesity and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in ACS patients with and without diabetes.Methods: We identified 6,978 patients with ACS aged 40–79 years from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort between 2003 and 2015. Baseline body mass index (BMI) was categorized as underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5–22.9 kg/m2), overweight (23.0–24.9 kg/m2), obese class I (25.0–29.9 kg/m2), and obese class II (≥30.0 kg/m2). The primary outcome was major adverse CV events (MACE)—CV death, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke. The secondary outcomes were the individual components of MACE, hospitalization for heart failure (HHF), and all-cause death. Results: The study included 3,989 patients with and 2,989 without diabetes. Compared to normal-weight patients without diabetes (reference group), those with diabetes had a higher risk of MACE (hazard ratio [HR], 1.29; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.07–1.56). Obese patients without diabetes had a lower risk of MACE (HR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.62–0.97) than those with diabetes (HR, 0.95; 95% CI 0.78–1.14). In patients without diabetes, obese BMI decreased the risk of HHF (HR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.42–0.92) and stroke (HR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.42–0.88), but not in those with diabetes. Conclusion: Among patients with ACS, obesity had rather protective effect on CV outcomes compared to normal weight, while this was not evident in patients with diabetes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Imad Nouamou ◽  
Kenza Benmallem ◽  
Najoua Fikal ◽  
Amina Bami ◽  
Chaimaa Houari ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se-Jun Park ◽  
Kyoung Hwa Ha ◽  
Dae Jung Kim

Abstract Background: The “obesity paradox” has not been elucidated in the long-term outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated the association between obesity and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in ACS patients with and without diabetes.Methods: We identified 6,978 patients with ACS aged 40–79 years from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort between 2002 and 2015. Baseline body mass index (BMI) was categorized as underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5–22.9 kg/m2), overweight (23.0–24.9 kg/m2), obese class I (25.0–29.9 kg/m2), and obese class II (≥30.0 kg/m2). The primary outcome was major adverse CV events (MACE)—CV death, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke. The secondary outcomes were the individual components of MACE, hospitalization for heart failure (HHF), and all-cause death. Results: After adjustment for confounding variables, compared to normal-weight patients without diabetes (reference group), obese class I patients with and without diabetes had a lower risk of MACE, but only significant in patients without diabetes (with diabetes: hazard ratio [HR] 0.95, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.78–1.14; without diabetes: HR 0.78, 95% CI 0.62–0.97). Obese class II patient with diabetes had a higher risk of MACE with no statistical significance (HR 1.14, 95% CI 0.82–1.59). Underweight patients with and without diabetes had a higher risk of MACE, but only significant in patients with diabetes (with diabetes: HR 1.79, 95% CI 1.24–2.58; without diabetes: HR 1.23, 95% CI 0.77–1.97).Conclusion: In ACS patients, obesity had a protective effect on CV outcomes, especially in patients without diabetes.


Author(s):  
Nobuaki Kobayashi ◽  
Yusaku Shibata ◽  
Osamu Kurihara ◽  
Takahiro Todoroki ◽  
Masayuki Tsutsumi ◽  
...  

Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shao-Yuan Chuang ◽  
Jonathan Jiunn-Horng Chen ◽  
Chih-Cheng Wu ◽  
Wen-Harn Pan

Few studies examine the association between serum uric acid (SUA) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We aimed to investigate the association between SUA and ACS in a prospective study of ethnic Chinese. Enrolled were 128569 adults ≥ 20 yrs from 4 MJ Health Checkup Clinics in Taiwan during 1994 –1996, excluding those with heart disease, stroke, renal disease and cancer disease. All physical examination, biochemical test and structured questionnaire were executed in standardized central labs. ACS was defined by main ICD-9 of 410 – 414 from claim data of National Health Insurance for hospitalization and from Death certification registry. Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) between levels of SUA and ACS events. A total of 2049 subjects (Men: 1239/Women: 810) developed ACS during the period from baseline to Dec.31.2002. Men had higher ACS incidence than women (2.84 vs. 1.61 per 1000 person-years [PY]; p < .0001). Independent risk factors of ACS unfolded from this study included age, male sex, waist circumference, body mass index, triglycerides, total-cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, uric acid, and current smoking. The crude incidences of ACS were 1.27, 2.06, 3.27 and 4.61 per 1000 PY in that order for four consecutive SUA groups (group1: <5.0 mg/dl; group 2: 5.0 – 6.9 mg/dl; group 3: 7.0 – 8.9 mg/dl; group 4: ≥9.0 mg/dl) (p-value for trend <.0001). Compared to group1, the multi-variate adjusted HRs (95% Confidence intervals) were 1.14 (0.92, 1.42) for group 2, 1.38 (1.10, 1.72) for group 3 and 1.38 (1.10, 1.72) for group 4 among men, and 1.03 (0.87, 1.22), 1.30 (1.05, 1.62) and 1.43 (0.99, 2.05) among women after adjusting for age, systolic/diastolic BP, body mass index, triglycerides, total cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, alcohol drinking, physical activity, and occupation. One standard deviation increase in SUA corresponded to around 30% ACS risk increase in women (HR=1.33; 1.04 –1.70) and 60% in men (HR=1.59; 1.25–2.03). Baseline SUA level independently predicts the development of ACS and should be considered as a potential risk factor of ACS.


2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna A. Rozumenko ◽  
Victoria Y. Garbusova ◽  
Yurij A. Ataman ◽  
Alexey V. Polonikov ◽  
Alexander V. Ataman

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