Association Between Chocolate Consumption and Severity of First Infarction
Int. j. cardiovasc. sci. (Impr.)
; 32(6): 576-582, Nov.-Dec. 2019. tab
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Background:
Cardiovascular diseases, such as acute myocardial infarction, are the main causes of death in the world. The flavonoids present in chocolate can have benefits for people who have risk factors to the development of cardiovascular diseases and have a coadjuvant effect on known therapies.Objective:
To analyze the association between chocolate consumption, severity of coronary lesions, risk factors and severity of the first infarction in patients attended at the Cardiology Institute of Santa Catarina and other hospitals in the State of Santa Catarina.Methods:
Subanalysis of the Catarina Heart Study cohort, evaluated 350 patients with first myocardial infarction. We evaluated clinical, echocardiographic, hemodynamic laboratorial variables. We used chi square test to evaluate qualitative variables, t student test in the case of parametric variables and U Mann Whitney test in non-parametric variables. We considered significant p < 0,05.Results:
Lower prevalence of hypertension (43.2% % vs. 62.3% p = 0.003), diabetes mellitus (13.5% vs. 25.7%, p = 0.027) and smoking (24.3% vs. 37.7%, p = 0.032) among those who consume chocolate. Higher use of alcohol (40.5% vs. 26.4%, p = 0.018) and drugs (9.5% vs. 3.3%, p = 0.023) among those who consumed chocolate. Among the patients who consumed chocolate, there was a negative correlation between amount consumed and Syntax (r = -0.296, p = 0.019).Conclusion:
There was association between chocolate consumption and lower prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and smoking. There was no association between amount of chocolate consumed and post-infarction ventricular function and TIMI frame count. Higher prevalence of alcohol and drug use among those who consume chocolate. Negative correlation between Syntax and the amount of chocolate consumed.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Flavonoids
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Cacao
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Polyphenols
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Myocardial Infarction
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Int. j. cardiovasc. sci. (Impr.)
Journal subject:
CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil