Usefulness of Body Mass Index to Characterize Nutritional Status in Patients With Heart Failure

The obesity paradox in heart failure (HF) is criticized because of the limitations of body mass index (BMI) in correctly characterizing overweight and obese patients, necessitating a better evaluation of nutritional status. The aim of this study was to assess nutritional status, BMI, and significanc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of cardiology 2011-10, Vol.108 (8), p.1166-1170
Hauptverfasser:	Gastelurrutia, Paloma, PhD, Lupón, Josep, MD, PhD, Domingo, Maite, Ribas, Nuria, MD, Noguero, Mariana, MD, Martinez, Cecilia, MD, PhD, Cortes, Mariano, MD, PhD, Bayes-Genis, Antoni, MD, PhD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anthropometry - methods Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Female Follow-Up Studies Heart Heart failure Heart Failure - mortality Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement Humans Male Medical sciences Multivariate analysis Nutrition Nutritional Status - physiology Obesity Retrospective Studies Risk assessment Risk Assessment - methods Risk Factors Spain - epidemiology Survival Rate - trends Time Factors
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