The impact of obesity on the short-term andlong-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: the obesity paradox?
Luis Gruberg, MD*,*,
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FACC*,
Ron Waksman, MD, FACC*,
Shmuel Fuchs, MD*,
Regina Deible, RN*,
Ellen E. Pinnow, MS*,
Lanja M. Ahmed, MD,,
Kenneth M. Kent, MD, PhD, FACC*,
Augusto D. Pichard, MD, FACC*,
William O. Suddath, MD*,
Lowell F. Satler, MD, FACC* and
Joseph Lindsay, Jr, MD, FACC
* Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., USA
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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier curves illustrating death-free survival curves at 12 months follow-up. BMI = body mass index.
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Figure 2 One-year overall and cardiac mortality rates among all patients according to body mass index (BMI).
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Figure 3 One-year mortality rates from all causes adjusted for age and body mass index (BMI) for all patients.
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Figure 4 Gender-based one-year mortality rates from all causes according to body mass index (BMI).
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