Body Mass Index and Risk for Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia in Coronary Artery Disease
Soufer R, Fernandez AB, Meadows J, Collins D, Burg MM. Body Mass Index and Risk for Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia in Coronary Artery Disease. Molecular Medicine 2016, 22: 286-291. PMID: 27261777, PMCID: PMC5023512, DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2016.00128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexHigher body mass indexMental stressMass indexChronic inflammationAutonomic dysregulationMyocardial ischemiaTraditional coronary artery disease risk factorsConfidence intervalsCoronary artery disease risk factorsMean body mass indexGreater body mass indexLaboratory mental stressHistory of hypertensionIndependent risk markerDisease risk factorsProspective interventional studyCoronary artery diseaseMultivariate logistic regressionMyocardial blood flowSingle photon emissionStress–Induced IschemiaCAD mortalityElevated markersStable CAD