Key result
Premenopausal women with ischemic heart disease had a significantly higher frequency of obesity (56.5%) compared to perimenopausal, postmenopausal, and hysterectomy groups (p<0.0001).
Cross-Sectional (n=820)
No
p-value: p=<0.0001
Hypertension and diabetes are the most prevalent cardiovascular risk factors in Pakistani women with ischemic heart disease, with obesity being notably more common in younger, premenopausal patients.
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Obesity may support targeted assessment in premenopausal IHD; cross-sectional data leaves open causality and requires prospective confirmation.
Hussain et al. (2016) conducted a cross-sectional in Ischemic heart disease (n=820). Premenopausal women with ischemic heart disease had a significantly higher frequency of obesity (56.5%) compared to perimenopausal, postmenopausal, and hysterectomy groups (p<0.0001).
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