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Does Body Mass Index Affect Mortality in Coronary Surgery?

INTRODUCTION: The Body Mass Index (BMI) quantifies nutritional status and classifies humans as underweight, of normal weight, overweight, mildly obese, moderately obese or morbidly obese. Obesity is the excessive accumulation of fat, defined as BMI higher than 30 kg/m(2). Obesity is widely accepted...

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Main Author: Protopapas, Aristotle D.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Bentham Open 2016
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5278562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217179
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401610010240