Association of body mass index with risk of acute myocardial infarction and mortality in Norwegian male and female patients with suspected stable angina pectoris: a prospective cohort study

Table 3 BMI groups ^a and risk of acute myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death in men

Model	Acute myocardial infarction				Cardiovascular death
	Events, n (%)	HR	95% CI	p-value	Events, n (%)	HR	95% CI	p-value
Univariate
Normal weight	84 (8.8)	1.00			51 (5.3)	1.00
Overweight	117 (7.7)	0.88	0.66, 1.16	0.37	49 (3.2)	0.61	0.41, 0.90	0.01
Obese	66 (12.9)	1.51	1.09, 2.08	0.01	32 (6.2)	1.19	0.76, 1.85	0.45
Multivariate adjusted ^b
Normal weight		1.00				1.00
Overweight		1.11	0.84, 1.48	0.47		0.85	0.57, 1.28	0.44
Obese		1.80	1.28, 2.52	<0.01		1.60	1.00, 2.55	0.05

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.
^aNormal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m²), overweight (BMI 25–29.9 kg/m²) and obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²).
^bAge (continuous), current smoking (yes/no), left ventricular ejection fraction (%), pulmonary disease (yes/no), angiotensin converting enzyme-inhibitors (yes/no) and loop diuretics (yes/no).

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