Why the study?
The association between abdominal obesity and recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease following a myocardial infarction was unknown.
Does abdominal obesity increase the risk of recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients after a first myocardial infarction?
Population
22,882 patients 4-10 weeks after first myocardial infarction in the SWEDEHEART registry
Comparison
Quintiles of waist circumference and categories of body mass index
Design
Register-based observational cohort study
Follow-up
Median 3.8 years
Authors
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Waist circumference may aid post-MI risk stratification; leaves open whether targeting abdominal obesity reduces recurrent ASCVD.
Does abdominal obesity increase the risk of recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients after a first myocardial infarction?
Abdominal obesity, measured by waist circumference, is independently associated with an increased risk of recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease after a first myocardial infarction, particularly in men.
Mohammadi et al. (2020) studied this question.
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