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Excess Body Weight, Clinical Profile, Management Practices, And Hospital Prognosis In Men And Women After Acute Myocardial Infarction, Robert Goldberg, Jiang Cui, Barbara Olendzki, Frederick Spencer, Jorge Yarzebski, Darleen Lessard, Joel Gore
Excess Body Weight, Clinical Profile, Management Practices, And Hospital Prognosis In Men And Women After Acute Myocardial Infarction, Robert Goldberg, Jiang Cui, Barbara Olendzki, Frederick Spencer, Jorge Yarzebski, Darleen Lessard, Joel Gore
Jorge L. Yarzebski
BACKGROUND: Excess body weight is increasingly being recognized as a major health problem in American men and women. It is unclear, however, whether body weight is associated with the demographic and clinical profile, treatment of, and hospital prognosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
METHODS: Nonconcurrent prospective epidemiologic investigation of Worcester (Massachusetts) metropolitan residents hospitalized at all 11 greater Worcester medical centers with validated AMI in 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003.
RESULTS: A total of 2008 men and 1505 women were hospitalized with confirmed AMI during the 4 study periods. Approximately 41% of men and 29% of women were classified as …