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Association of obesity with heart failure outcomes in 11 Asian regions: A cohort study

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Submitted by susan on Mon, 2019-09-30 12:00

Asians are predisposed to a lean heart failure (HF) phenotype. Data on the ‘obesity paradox’, reported in Western populations, are scarce in Asia and have only utilised the traditional classification of body mass index (BMI). We aimed to investigate the association between obesity (defined by BMI and abdominal measures) and HF outcomes in Asia.

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Main Topic: 
Health
Name of the Journal: 
PLoS Medicine
Author: 
Chanchal Chandramouli
Wan Ting Tay
Nurul Sahiddah Bamadhaj & et al
thesaurus: 
Obesity
Heart Diseases
Asia
Health Effects
India
Thailand
Japan
Korea
China
Malaysia
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Email Alert: 
1-17
Publication Date: 
24/09/2019