Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity is an independent risk factor of coronary artery disease, and it has also been shown to be associated with increased survival in some instances such as myocardial infarction – dubbed the ‘Obesity Paradox’. However, there is a paucity of studies identifying the type of myocardial infarction – non-ST-segment elevation MI (NSTEMI) or ST-segment MI (STEMI) – that may be differentially prevalant according to BMI (body mass index) ...