Body mass index and acute coronary syndromes: paradox or confusion?
Baseline characteristics in ACS patients significantly differ according to their BMI status. The prognostic impact of BMI seems mostly related to extra-cardiac causes in low weight patients.
The effectiveness of BI compared with MI has not been verified, but a significant reduction in consumption has been observed in the whole sample, without significant differences by type of intervention. The persistence and dimension of changes suggest a real effect of both interventions, although the lack of a pure control group does not allow definitive conclusions. Traffic casualties are in a teachable moments to benefit from easy and cheap interventions.