Height, body mass index, and survival in men with coronary disease: follow up of the diet and reinfarction trial (DART)

摘要

Taller people have a lower risk of coronary death and death from all causes, but there arc few data on the association between height and survival in those with coronary disease. Similarly being either underweight or obese is associated with increased coronary and all cause mortality but the association of body mass index (BMI) and survival in people with symptomatic coronary heart disease has not been so widely reported. We examined these associations in the Diet and Reinfarclion Trial.