Is There a Sex-Related Difference in the Obesity Paradox in Systolic Heart Failure? Sex-Related Difference in the Obesity Paradox.

CONCLUSION: In pooled analysis of data from two Korean HF registries, the high BMI group was independently associated with lower 1-year mortality rate from systolic HF, especially in men.
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Source: Yonsei Medical Journal - December 8, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Hong S, Lee JH, Kim KM, Lee JW, Youn YJ, Ahn MS, Ahn SG, Lee SH, Yoon J, Choe KH, Yoo BS Tags: Yonsei Med J Source Type: research