The Association Between Body Mass Index and Pulmonary Thromboembolism in an Autopsy Population

被引：25

作者：

Rosenfeld, Hannah E. ^{[2
]}

Tsokos, Michael ^{[3
]}

Byard, Roger W. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Adelaide, Discipline Anat & Pathol, Sch Med, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

[2] Forens Sci SA, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

[3] Charite, Inst Legal Med & Forens Sci, D-10559 Berlin, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES | 2012年 / 57卷 / 05期

关键词：

forensic science; obesity; pulmonary thromboembolism; DVT; BMI; risk factor; thrombophilia; thrombus; autopsy; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; OBESITY; EPIDEMIC;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02140.x

中图分类号：

DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];

学科分类号：

0301 ; 10 ;

摘要：

To evaluate the association between obesity and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in a forensic context, 160 autopsy cases of fatal PTE were compared with age- and gender-matched controls. The mean age of cases was 66 years (range 2698 years; M/F 74:86). The mean body mass index (BMI) of cases with PTE was 30.88 (range 14.9579.51), which was significantly higher than in the controls (mean BMI = 25.33; range 12.4961.84) (p < 0.0001). Comparing the group with PTE with controls showed that five (3.1%) compared to 20 (12.5%) were underweight, 39 (24.4%) compared to 67 (41.88%) were of normal weight, 49 (30.63%) compared to 43 (26.88%) were overweight, 43 (26.88%) compared to 24 (15%) were obese, and 24 (15.0%) compared to six (3.75%) were morbidly obese. In each category of above-normal BMIs, there were significantly greater numbers in the groups with PTE: overweight (p < 0.01), obese (p < 0.001), and morbidly obese (p < 0.0001).

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页码：1336 / 1338

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