NYMC Faculty Publications
Association of Obesity With In-hospital Mortality of Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Mycardial Infarction
Journal Title
The American Journal of Cardiology
First Page
1548
Last Page
1554
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2017
Department
Medicine
Abstract
Several previous studies have shown obesity to be counterintuitively associated with more favorable mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI); however, the association of obesity with in-hospital mortality of cardiogenic shock complicating AMI has not been previously examined. We queried the 2004 to 2013 National Inpatient Sample databases to identify all patients >/=18 years hospitalized with the principal diagnosis of AMI. Multivariable regression models adjusting for demographics, hospital characteristics, and co-morbidities were used to examine differences in incidence and in-hospital mortality of cardiogenic shock complicating AMI between obese and nonobese patients. Of 6,097,817 patients with AMI, 290,894 (4.8%) had cardiogenic shock. There was no difference in risk-adjusted incidence of cardiogenic shock between obese and nonobese patients (adjusted odds ratio 1.00, 95% CI 0.98 to 1.01; p = 0.46). Of the patients with cardiogenic shock complicating AMI, 8.9% had a documented diagnosis of obesity. Obese patients were on average 6 years younger and had higher prevalence of most cardiovascular co-morbidities. Obese patients were more likely to receive revascularization (73.0% vs 63.4%, p <0.001) and had lower risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality compared with nonobese patients (28.2% vs 36.5%; adjusted odds ratio 0.89, 95% CI 0.86 to 0.92; p <0.001). Similar findings were seen in subgroups of patients with cardiogenic shock complicating ST elevation or non-ST elevation MI. In conclusion, this large retrospective analysis of a nationwide cohort of patients with cardiogenic shock complicating AMI demonstrated that obese patients were younger, more likely to receive revascularization, and had modestly lower risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality compared with nonobese patients.
Recommended Citation
Chatterjee, K., Gupta, T., Goyal, A., Kolte, D., Khera, S., Shanbhag, A., Patel, K., Villablanca, P., Agarwal, N., Aronow, W., Menegus, M., Fonarow, G., Bhatt, D., Garcia, M., & Meena, N. (2017). Association of Obesity With In-hospital Mortality of Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Mycardial Infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology, 119 (10), 1548-1554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.02.030
