Does overweight or obesity reduce short- and long-term mortality in patients postcoronary revascularization?
This meta-analysis supports the existence of an 'obesity paradox' where overweight and obese patients have similar or lower mortality following coronary revascularization compared to non-obese patients.
Compared to non-obese individuals, overweight and obese patients have similar or lower short- and long-term mortality rates postcoronary revascularization. Further research is needed to confirm the validity of these findings and delineate potential underlying mechanisms.
Oreopoulos et al. (Thu,) studied this question.