High percent body fat mass predicts lower risk of cardiac events in patients with heart failure: an explanation of the obesity paradox

High percent body fat mass predicts lower risk of cardiac events in patients with heart failure: an explanation of the obesity paradox

Abstract Background Although high body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor of heart failure (HF), HF patients with a higher BMI had a lower mortality rate than that in HF patients with normal or lower BMI, a phenomenon that has been termed the “obesity paradox”. However, the relationship between body...

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Main Authors: Katsuhiko Ohori, Toshiyuki Yano, Satoshi Katano, Hidemichi Kouzu, Suguru Honma, Kanako Shimomura, Takuya Inoue, Yuhei Takamura, Ryohei Nagaoka, Masayuki Koyama, Nobutaka Nagano, Takefumi Fujito, Ryo Nishikawa, Tomoyuki Ishigo, Ayako Watanabe, Akiyoshi Hashimoto, Tetsuji Miura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Heart failure
Body mass index
Obesity
Skeletal muscle
Fat
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01950-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01950-9

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