Key result
Weight loss (>5%) and weight gain (>5%) were not associated with a significantly different 8-year incidence of ischaemic heart disease compared to constant weight (7.8% and 7.6% vs 8.4%; NS).
Why the study?
Does weight change (gain or loss) affect the risk of ischaemic heart disease in middle-aged and elderly men without cardiovascular disease?
Cohort (n=2,903)
Does weight change (gain or loss) affect the risk of ischaemic heart disease in middle-aged and elderly men without cardiovascular disease?
Absolute Event Rate: 7.8% vs 8.4%
p-value: p=NS
Weight changes from middle to old age are of little clinical importance in predicting ischaemic heart disease among men without baseline cardiovascular disease.
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Weight change may hold little clinical importance for ischaemic heart disease risk in men without CVD; leaves open prospective trials in other groups.
Suadicani et al. (1997) conducted a cohort in Ischaemic heart disease (n=2,903). Weight change (>5% weight loss or >5% weight gain) vs. Constant weight (within +/-5%) was evaluated on Incidence of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) (p=NS). Weight loss (>5%) and weight gain (>5%) were not associated with a significantly different 8-year incidence of ischaemic heart disease compared to constant weight (7.8% and 7.6% vs 8.4%; NS).
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