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Challenging the obesity paradox: extreme obesity and COPD mortality in the SUMMIT trial

Populations with COPD demonstrate higher survival in overweight and obese compared with normal weight; the “obesity paradox”. Relationships in less-severe COPD are unclear, as is the impact of cardiovascular risk, and few studies include individuals at extremes of obesity.  We examined the relations...

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Autores principales: Brigham, Emily P., Anderson, Julie A., Brook, Robert D., Calverley, Peter M.A., Celli, Bartolome R., Cowans, Nicholas J., Crim, Courtney, Diserens, James E., Martinez, Fernando J., McCormack, Meredith C., Newby, David E., Yates, Julie, Vestbo, Jorgen, Wu, Tianshi David, Wise, Robert A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00902-2020