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Hongqiang Lei1, Lin Xu, Jian Qiu
1Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.E-mail: 501392312@qq.com.
Objective:
To clarify the role of waist circumference (WC) in estimating organ damage and assessing the prognosis in young and middle-aged patients with cardiovascular disease undergoing cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP).
Methods:
We recruited 147 young and middle-aged patients with cardiovascular disease to participate in the CRP for 4 or 5 weeks. The baseline clinical data and results of routine fasting blood test and ultrasonic cardiography were evaluated for these patients.
Results:
WC had a linear correlation with the indices reflecting cardiac structure alteration (LVSd and LVPWd) of the patients after CRP but showed a negative correlation with their HDL-C levels. The fasting blood glucose (FBG) and serum uric acid (UA) levels showed a positive correlation with WC before CRP but not after CRP.
Conclusion:
WC monitoring allows accurate assessment of organ damage in patients undergoing CRP after cardiovascular disease and has special value in evaluating the changes in cardiac structure and function.
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