Malnutrition outweighs the effect of the obesity paradox

• Main Authors: Suriya Prausmüller (Author), Gregor Heitzinger (Author), Noemi Pavo (Author), Georg Spinka (Author), Georg Goliasch (Author), Henrike Arfsten (Author), Cornelia Gabler (Author), Guido Strunk (Author), Christian Hengstenberg (Author), Martin Hülsmann (Author), Philipp E. Bartko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background High body mass index (BMI) is paradoxically associated with better outcome in patients with heart failure (HF). The effects of malnutrition on this phenomenon across the whole spectrum of HF have not yet been studied. Methods In this observational study, patients were classified...