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TITLE:

FREQUENCY OF RAISED BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

AUTHORS:

Yusra Iqbal, Saadia Sehrish, Maria Anwar

ABSTRACT:

Objectives: To determine the frequency of raised BMI in patients presenting with myocardial infarction. Material and methods. This was a cross sectional study that was conducted at multicentre in Pakistan during May 2018 to December 2018, in which 100 cases of acute myocardial infarction (Diagnosed with ECG changes with raised Troponin T levels) were included. Socio demographic data like age, gender, BMI and relevant clinical data i.e. DM, HTN and type of MI (STEMI or NSTEMI) were taken. Raised BMI was labelled when it was more than 25 kg/m2. Results; In this study there were total 100 cases out of which 60 (60%) were males and 40 (40%) females with mean age of 53.14±5.76 years. There were 32 (32%) cases with DM and 40 (40%) with HTN while 72 (72%) had ST elevation MI. Raised BMI was seen in 40 (40%) of cases. This was significantly high in females where it affected 24 (60%) of cases as compared to 16 (26.67%) females with p= 0.01. Raised BMI was common with DM but had equal distribution in cases with or without HTN. There was almost equal distribution of raised BMI in cases of both STEMI and NSTEMI with p= 0.98. Conclusion; Raised BMI is an independent risk factor in cases of acute coronary syndrome. It is significantly high in number in female cases. Key words; MI, Raised BMI, DM, HTN

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