Evidence for obesity paradox in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a report from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry | Zendy

Oskar Angerås | Zendy; Per Albertsson | Zendy; Kristjan Karason | Zendy; Truls Råmunddal | Zendy; Göran Matejka | Zendy; Stefan James | Zendy; Bo Lagerqvist | Zendy; Annika Rosengren | Zendy; Elmir Ömerovic | Zendy

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Evidence for obesity paradox in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a report from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry

Author(s) -

Oskar Angerås,

Per Albertsson,

Kristjan Karason,

Truls Råmunddal,

Göran Matejka,

Stefan James,

Bo Lagerqvist,

Annika Rosengren,

Elmir Ömerovic

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs217

Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , obesity paradox , body mass index , cardiology , coronary artery disease , angioplasty , hazard ratio , conventional pci , overweight , stenosis , underweight , proportional hazards model , surgery , myocardial infarction , confidence interval

The obesity paradox refers to the epidemiological evidence that obesity compared with normal weight is associated with counter-intuitive improved health in a variety of disease conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACSs).

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