Comparison of World Health Organization and Asia-Pacific body mass index classifications in COPD patients

INTRODUCTION: A low body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased mortality and low health-related quality of life in patients with COPD. The Asia-Pacific classification of BMI has a lower cutoff for overweight and obese categories compared to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification....

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Autores principales: Lim, Jeong Uk, Lee, Jae Ha, Kim, Ju Sang, Hwang, Yong Il, Kim, Tae-Hyung, Lim, Seong Yong, Yoo, Kwang Ha, Jung, Ki-Suck, Kim, Young Kyoon, Rhee, Chin Kook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5571887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28860741
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S141295

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5571887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28860741
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S141295

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