Clinical impacts of sarcopenic obesity on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Sarcopenia and obesity are two abnormal body composition phenotypes, and sarcopenic obesity (SO) is characterized by both low skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) and high adiposity (obesity). SO negatively influences the clinical status of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonar...

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Main Authors: Zilin Wang, Xiaoming Zhou, Mingming Deng, Yan Yin, Yanxia Li, Qin Zhang, Yiding Bian, Jinrui Miao, Jiaye Li, Gang Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02702-2