Affiliation:
1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Texas USA
Abstract
Key Points
There is limited evidence on the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality risk in cardiac patients in the contemporary era of invasive cardiology.
In the current observational analysis from the multicenter KARDIO registry (2012–18), BMI was non‐linearly associated with long‐term mortality. After multivariable adjustment, underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) and obesity class III (BMI >40 kg/m2) were associated with increased hazards of all‐cause mortality at a median follow‐up of 4.9 years.
Clinicians should be vigilant about the obesity paradox in patients undergoing invasive cardiology procedures, and factor them in as they deliberate appropriateness and indications of the procedures.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine