Body Mass Index and Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Receiving Care in a University Hospital
Table 2
Patients characteristics.
Normal weight
Overweight
Obese
Age
0.59
Heart rate
0.15
Blood pressure
0.005
KILLIP 3-4
12 (5.3%)
30 (6.2%)
14 (7.8%)
0.001
TIMI score
0.044
GRACE score
0.34
EKG ST depression
43 (18.9%)
83 (20%)
38 (21.1%)
0.89
Elevated troponins
198 (86.8%)
329 (79.1%)
151 (83.9%)
0.1
Creatinine
0.68
Cholesterol
0.024
Blood glucose levels
0.002
EF severely depressed
16 (7%)
26 (6.3%)
16 (8.9%)
0.66
Cardiac catheterization
174 (76%)
316 (76%)
141 (78.3%)
0.89
Two-vessel CD
34 (14.9%)
85 (20.4%)
42 (23.3%)
0.09
Three-vessel CD
18 (7.9%)
54 (13%)
26 (14.4%)
0.06
Coronary angioplasty
124 (54.4%)
210 (50.5%)
89 (49.4%)
0.85
Postinfarction angina pectoris
23 (10.1%)
37 (8.9%)
12 (6.7%)
0.47
Reinfarction
12 (5.3%)
18 (4.3%)
8 (4.4%)
0.85
Cerebrovascular accident
5 (2.2%)
1 (0.2%)
1 (0.6%)
0.03
Worst Killip during admission
171 (75%)
341 (82%)
137 (76.1%)
0.03
Hemorrhage
4 (1%)
9 (2.1%)
1 (0.5%)
0.24
Hospitalization length (days)
0.24
Hospital mortality
14 (6.1%)
13 (3.1%)
8 (4.1%)
0.19
Combined endpoint
24 (11%)
37 (8.9%)
17 (9.4%)
0.69
No difference in antiplatelet, anticoagulant, inotrope, beta blocker, and diuretic treatment at admission. EF: ejection fraction, CD: coronary disease. Combined endpoint: mortality or reinfarction or bleeding or cerebrovascular accident.
