title: Effects of comprehensive rehabilitation on weight reduction in myocardial infarction patients.
abstract: The effect of a comprehensive rehabilitation programme, including diet therapy, was studied in overweight male myocardial infarction (MI) patients randomly assigned to a rehabilitation group (n = 69) and a control group (n = 64). The results show a mean weight decrease of 3.8 kg in the rehabilitation group and a mean weight increase of 1.1 kg in the control group (t = -5.78, p less than 0.001). The proportion of patients reducing their weight more than 5 kg was 33% in the rehabilitation group and 5% in the control group (chi 2 = 15.6, p less than 0.001). Patient characteristics which significantly affected the weight change by univariate analysis were age, level of overweight, smoking habits, employment situation and social problems. Multivariate analyses yielded a two-variable model with moderate explanatory power in the rehabilitation group. The model includes the variables Body Mass Index and cessation of smoking before MI.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012907:Smoking