Abstract
To learn more about the dilated form of cardiomyopathy associated with obesity, we conducted a pooled analysis of data from two case-control studies of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Up to two controls of the same sex and approximate age (±5 years) had been selected for each case using random digit dialing. The subjects had been interviewed by telephone. We compared the cases (N = 224) and controls (N = 353) using conditional logistic regression. We defined severe obesity using national criteria for severely elevated body mass index. We found little association with severe obesity in multivariate analysis (relative odds = 1.1; 95% confidence interval = 0.7- 1.9).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 629-632 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Epidemiology |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- blacks
- body mass index
- congestive cardiomyopathy
- diabetes mellitus
- hypertension
- obesity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology