New Measures, Old Conclusions: Obesity Does Not Worsen Outcomes after Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Background  The “obesity paradox,” whereby the body mass index (BMI) mortality curve is “U-shaped,” is a well-studied phenomenon in vascular surgery. However, there has been an overreliance on BMI as the measure of obesity, which has shown to poorly correlate with clinical outcomes. Robust measures...

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Autores principales: Wall, Joshua John Sommerville, Boag, Katie F., Waduud, Mohammed A., Pabale, Keleabetswe, Wood, Benjamin, Bailey, Marc, Scott, Julian A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2022
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9179208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35640583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1742699

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9179208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35640583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1742699

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