Sex Differences in the Relationship between Abdominal Obesity and Cardiovascular Death in Elderly Patients with Permanent Pacemakers Implantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to investigate the association between waist circumference (WC) and cardiovascular death in patients with permanent pacemakers (PPMs).

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study that enrolled patients who underwent PPM implantation in Fuwai Hospital from May 2010 to April 2014, according to the BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring database. The WC was treated as sex-specific quartiles, and patients were divided into three groups according to body mass index (BMI): normal (≤22.9 kg/m²), overweight (23-24.9 kg/m²), and obese (≥25 kg/m²). Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for cardiovascular death according to WC and BMI in patients.

Results

492 patients with

SUBMITTER: Xue X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9957648 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature