The Association of Body Mass Index With Mortality Among Pulmonary Hypertension Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

The Association of Body Mass Index With Mortality Among Pulmonary Hypertension Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

ObjectiveTo run a systematic review and meta-analysis of related studies on body mass index (BMI) and the risk of death among pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients, as well as, to shed light on the shape and strength of the dose-response association.MethodsStudies published up to Jun 2021 in scientif...

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Main Authors: Chaoxin Jiang, Xiongde Fang, Wenjin Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
body mass index
mortality
pulmonary hypertension
meta-analysis
dose-response
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.761904/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.761904/full

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