About acute coronary syndromes and obesity. Small lessons from RESCUE

In previous number, Tojek et al. [1], referred to obesity and in-hospital mortality. Indeed, obesity has reached epidemic proportions and their prevalence is increasing. Truly too, in the case of acute coronary disease, some studies [2 –5] have shown a better prognosis in obese patients, suggesting that Body Mass Index BMI can be associated with better prognosis, although, due to the complexities of this phenomenon, this relationship is controversial (see Tables 1 and 2).

Source: Clinical Nutrition - July 2, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Miguel Rodr íguez Ramos Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research