Association of Lean Body Mass and Fat Mass With 1-Year Mortality Among Patients With Heart Failure

Association of Lean Body Mass and Fat Mass With 1-Year Mortality Among Patients With Heart Failure

BackgroundPrior studies have found an unexplained inverse or U-shaped relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in heart failure (HF) patients. However, little is known about the independent effects of each body component, i.e., lean body mass (LBM) and fat mass (FM), on mortality.Met...

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Main Authors: Yilan Ge, Jiamin Liu, Lihua Zhang, Yan Gao, Bin Wang, Xiuling Wang, Jing Li, Xin Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
lean body mass
fat mass
body mass index
heart failure
mortality
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.824628/full

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