Body mass index and mortality in acutely decompensated heart failure across the world: a global obesity paradox
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2014
Short description:
Body mass index and mortality in acutely decompensated heart failure across the world: a global obesity paradox / Shah, R; Gayat, E; Januzzi Jl, Jr; Sato, N; Cohen-Solal, A; Disomma, S; Fairman, E; Harjola, Vp; Ishihara, S; Lassus, J; Maggioni, A; Metra, M; Mueller, C; Mueller, T; Parenica, J; Pascual-Figal, D; Peacock, Wf; Spinar, J; Van Kimmenade, R; Mebazaa, A; GREAT (Global Research on Acute Conditions Team), Network. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 1558-3597. - 63:8(2014), pp. 778-785. [10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.072]
abstract:
This study sought to define the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in heart failure (HF) across the world and to identify specific groups in whom BMI may differentially mediate risk.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
heart failure; obesity; obesity paradox; Acute Disease; Aged; Aged; 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Female; Heart Failure; Humans; Internationality; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Prospective Studies; Registries; Body Mass Index; Global Health
List of contributors:
Shah, R; Gayat, E; Januzzi Jl, Jr; Sato, N; Cohen-Solal, A; Disomma, S; Fairman, E; Harjola, Vp; Ishihara, S; Lassus, J; Maggioni, A; Metra, M; Mueller, C; Mueller, T; Parenica, J; Pascual-Figal, D; Peacock, Wf; Spinar, J; Van Kimmenade, R; Mebazaa, A; GREAT (Global Research on Acute Conditions Team), Network
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