Body mass index and mortality in heart failure: A meta-analysis

Background In patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), previous studies have reported reduced mortality rates in patients with increased body mass index (BMI). The potentially protective effect of increased BMI in CHF has been termed the obesity paradox or reverse epidemiology . This meta-analysis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American heart journal 2008-07, Vol.156 (1), p.13-22
Hauptverfasser:	Oreopoulos, Antigone, MSc, Padwal, Raj, MD, MSc, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, MD, MPH, PhD, Fonarow, Gregg C., MD, FACC, Norris, Colleen M., PhD, McAlister, Finlay A., MD, MSc
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Cause of Death Drug therapy Female Heart Heart attacks Heart Failure - mortality Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement Humans Male Medical sciences Mortality Obesity Obesity - complications Prognosis Reference Values Risk Assessment Studies Survival Analysis
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