2012
Body Mass Index and Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients
Bucholz EM, Rathore SS, Reid KJ, Jones PG, Chan PS, Rich MW, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Body Mass Index and Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients. The American Journal Of Medicine 2012, 125: 796-803. PMID: 22483510, PMCID: PMC3408565, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.01.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHigher body mass indexAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionLower mortalityObesity paradoxMass indexAssociation of BMIMedian body mass indexCox proportional hazards regressionAcute myocardial infarction patientsImpact of obesityRegistry of patientsProportional hazards regressionMyocardial infarction patientsContinuous variablesDomains of patientsDiabetes subgroupsClinical characteristicsMultivariable adjustmentHeart failurePatient characteristicsBMI groupsDiabetes mellitusHazards regression
2011
Effect of Living Alone on Patient Outcomes After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Bucholz EM, Rathore SS, Gosch K, Schoenfeld A, Jones PG, Buchanan DM, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Effect of Living Alone on Patient Outcomes After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2011, 108: 943-948. PMID: 21798499, PMCID: PMC3670597, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.05.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionSeattle Angina QuestionnaireMyocardial infarctionPatient outcomesLife 1 yearRegistry of patientsHealth status measurementPhysical health componentAngina QuestionnaireMultivariable adjustmentLife scoresTreatment characteristicsComparable riskOutcome measurementsPatientsReadmissionHealth componentHealth statusMean qualityMortalityStatus measurementsComponent scaleOutcomesInfarctionSocial support