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Body Composition and Pulmonary Function in Cystic Fibrosis

Background: Lower body mass index (BMI) is associated with worse pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis (CF). Hypothesis: lean body mass (LBM) is more strongly associated with pulmonary function than BMI is. Methods: Anthropometrics, body composition by dual x-ray absorptiometry, and pulmonary functi...

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Autores principales: Sheikh, Saba, Zemel, Babette S., Stallings, Virginia A., Rubenstein, Ronald C., Kelly, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24783186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2014.00033