1. Height, body mass index, and survival in men with coronary disease: follow up of the diet and reinfarction trial (DART)
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G Davey Smith, Andy R Ness, David Gunnell, Peter Creighton Elwood, J. Hughes, and Michael Leslie Burr
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Epidemiology ,Short Report ,Myocardial Infarction ,Coronary Disease ,Disease ,Lower risk ,Body Mass Index ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Myocardial infarction ,Survival analysis ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,medicine.disease ,Survival Analysis ,Body Height ,United Kingdom ,Surgery ,Health education ,Underweight ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Body mass index ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Taller people have a lower risk of coronary death and death from all causes,1 but there are few data on the association between height and survival in those with coronary disease. Similarly being either underweight or obese is associated with increased coronary and all cause mortality 2 but the association of body mass index (BMI) and survival in people with symptomatic coronary heart disease has not been so widely reported.3,4 We examined these associations in the Diet and Reinfarction Trial.5 Between 1983 and 1987 2033 men who had recently suffered a myocardial infarction were enrolled from 4371 potentially eligible men identified. The men were enrolled shortly after discharge from hospital with a mean interval from myocardial infarction to enrolment of 41 days. The main reason for exclusion was that the men intended to eat one of the study diets (n=1044). In addition, 237 men died before they could be randomised.5 Past history of disease, smoking habits, and drug treatment were noted. Height and weight were recorded and BMI (weight/(height)2 calculated as a measure of adiposity. Participants were randomly allocated to one of the study diets in a factorial design. They could be assigned to one of eight dietary regimens—fat advice, fish advice, fibre advice, fat and fish, fat and fibre, fish … more...
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- 2002
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