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Clustering of metabolic abnormalities among obese patients and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention

  • Sameer Bashey
  • , Paul Muntner
  • , Annapoorna S. Kini
  • , Ricardo Esquitin
  • , Louai Razzouk
  • , Shiny Mathewkutty
  • , Rachel P. Wildman
  • , April P. Carson
  • , Michael C. Kim
  • , Pedro R. Moreno
  • , Samin K. Sharma
  • , Michael E. Farkouh

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Abstract

Although current literature demonstrates metabolic abnormalities are associated with mortality, obese patients who tend to have more metabolic abnormalities paradoxically have lower overall mortality rates compared to their normal-weight counterparts. In this study, we examined the prevalence of metabolic abnormality clustering and its relation to mortality in obese and normal-weight patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Patients (n = 9,673) undergoing elective PCI from October 2003 through December 2006 at a single urban hospital were categorized by body mass index (BMI) levels of 18.5 to 24.9, 25.0 to 29.9, 30.0 to 34.9, and ≥35 kg/m2 and by number of metabolic abnormalities possessed (hypertension, impaired fasting glucose/diabetes, triglycerides ≥150 mg/dl, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol < 40 mg/dl, and C-reactive protein ≥2.0 mg/L). All-cause mortality was assessed through June 30, 2007. Mean age of patients was 65.9 years and 66% were men. Prevalences of 4 or 5 metabolic abnormalities were 12%, 18%, 24%, and 31% in patients with BMI levels of 18.5 to 24.9, 25.0 to 29.9, 30 to 34.9, and ≥35 kg/m2, respectively. In patients with BMI of 30.0 to 34.9 kg/m2, hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for mortality associated with 2, 3, and 4 to 5 metabolic abnormalities versus 0 to 1 metabolic abnormality were 1.31 (0.79 to 2.17), 1.42 (0.83 to 2.43), and 2.39 (1.24 to 4.59), respectively. Analogous hazard ratios for patients with BMI ≥35 kg/m2 were 1.94 (0.90 to 4.20), 1.44 (0.63 to 3.28), and 2.17 (0.91 to 5.18). All-cause mortality rates per 1,000 person-years were 55.5, 33.7, 28.3, and 33.8 in patients with BMI levels of 18.5 to 24.9, 25 to 29.9, 30 to 34.9, and ≥35 kg/m2, respectively. In conclusion, BMI levels of 25.0 to 29.9 and 30 to 34.9 kg/m2 were associated with lower all-cause mortality after PCI. However, an increased number of metabolic abnormalities translated into increased all-cause mortality.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1415-1420
Number of pages6
JournalAmerican Journal of Cardiology
Volume107
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2011

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