Body-Weight Fluctuations and Outcomes in Coronary Disease: Letter

Body-Weight Fluctuations and Outcomes in Coronary Disease: Letter

Bangalore and colleagues (April 6 issue)1 suggest that body-weight fluctuation is associated with both higher mortality and a higher rate of cardiovascular events among patients with coronary artery disease. As the authors state, already published studies are not conclusive about whether this weight...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2017-07, Vol.377 (1), p.94-96
Hauptverfasser: Mihas Constantinos, Kantzanou, Maria
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Cardiovascular disease
Chronic illnesses
Clinical outcomes
Health risk assessment
Heart diseases
Mortality
Weight
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Zusammenfassung:Bangalore and colleagues (April 6 issue)1 suggest that body-weight fluctuation is associated with both higher mortality and a higher rate of cardiovascular events among patients with coronary artery disease. As the authors state, already published studies are not conclusive about whether this weight variability can be treated as a risk factor, at least in the general population.2,3
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc1705832