PMID- 21823075
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111219
LR  - 20191112
IS  - 1751-7168 (Electronic)
IS  - 1541-9215 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011 Summer
TI  - High prevalence of obesity in young patients with ST elevation myocardial 
      infarction.
PG  - E37-40
AB  - BACKGROUND: There is growing concern about increasing rates of obesity in young 
      people, and increasing ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) at a younger 
      age. There are only a few studies performed to study the risk factors in STEMI 
      among young populations. METHODS: Retrospective chart reviews on all first event 
      STEMI patients between December 2005 and July 2007 were performed. A young 
      population was defined as: men <45 years of age and women <55 years of age. 
      RESULTS: Among 206 patients with STEMI, 36 were young. In young patients with 
      STEMI, 78 % were obese compared with 35 % obese, non-young (p<0.001). Also, among 
      young patients with STEMI, family history of coronary heart disease (CHD) was 
      positive in 39 %, compared with 19 % in non-young patients (p=0.009). This 
      significance for obesity and family history persisted after adjusting for other 
      risk factors using logistic regression (OR 2.96 to 17.75, 95 % CI, p<0.0001 and 
      OR 1.36 to 7.47, 95 % CI, p=0.008, respectively). CONCLUSION: Obesity and family 
      history of CHD were major risk factors with a higher prevalence in young patients 
      with STEMI than non-young patients.
FAU - Basoor, Abhijeet
AU  - Basoor A
AD  - Division of Cardiology, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Pontiac, Michigan 48341, USA. 
      drasbasoor@hotmail.com
FAU - Cotant, John F
AU  - Cotant JF
FAU - Randhawa, Gagan
AU  - Randhawa G
FAU - Janjua, Muhammad
AU  - Janjua M
FAU - Badshah, Aaref
AU  - Badshah A
FAU - DeGregorio, Michele
AU  - DeGregorio M
FAU - Halabi, Abdul R
AU  - Halabi AR
FAU - Diaczok, Benjamin
AU  - Diaczok B
FAU - Patel, Kiritkumar C
AU  - Patel KC
FAU - Stein, Paul
AU  - Stein P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Am Heart Hosp J
JT  - The American heart hospital journal
JID - 101156064
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Electrocardiography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Medical Audit
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myocardial Infarction/*diagnosis/mortality/*physiopathology
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - United States/epidemiology
EDAT- 2011/08/09 06:00
MHDA- 2011/12/20 06:00
CRDT- 2011/08/09 06:00
PHST- 2011/08/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/08/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/12/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - ahhj.2011.9.1.37 [pii]
AID - 10.15420/ahhj.2011.9.1.37 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am Heart Hosp J. 2011 Summer;9(1):E37-40. doi: 10.15420/ahhj.2011.9.1.37.