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Waist to height ratio is associated with an increased risk of mortality in Chinese patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
BACKGROUND: Abdominal obesity as a predominant comorbidity has played a key role in the incidence and worsening of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) behaves better than waist circumference or body mass index in evaluating abdominal obesity. Whil...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8164240/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34049494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02080-9 |