Body Mass Index and Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Receiving Care in a University Hospital
Table 3
Risk factors and relevant history.
Normal weight
Overweight
Obese
Risk factors
Tobacco
87 (37.4%)
136 (32.9%)
47 (26.4%)
0.009
Diabetes
61 (26.8%)
143 (34.4%)
75 (41.7%)
0.016
Hypertension
133 (58.3%)
280 (67.3%)
129 (71.7%)
0.063
Dyslipemia
120 (52.6%)
247 (59.4%)
112 (62.2%)
0.24
CV history
144 (63.2%)
275 (66.1%)
137 (76.1%)
0.015
Infarction
44 (19.3%)
101 (24.3%)
51 (28.3%)
0.098
Heart failure
13 (5.7%)
11 (2.6%)
10 (5.6%)
0.097
Peripheral vascular disease
24 (10.5%)
36 (8.7%)
15 (8.3%)
0.67
Cerebrovascular accident
16 (7%)
37 (8.9%)
9 (5%)
0.24
Renal failure
23 (10.1%)
46 (11.1%)
16 (8.9%)
0.72
COPD
22 (9.6%)
60 (14.4%)
34 (18.9%)
0.027
Prior PCI
29 (12.7%)
46 (11.1%)
32 (17.8%)
0.2
Prior cardiac surgery
11 (4.8%)
24 (5.8%)
7 (3.9%)
0.89
No difference in treatment prior to admittance except greater use of ARA2 and diuretics in overweight and obese subjects than in normal subjects, CV: cardiovascular, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention.
