The association between body mass index and obesity with survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

CONCLUSIONS: Obesity was not associated with mortality in the overall population, but there was an age-obesity interaction with increased mortality among young morbidly obese patients. These results have implications for active weight management in younger morbidly obese patients who are otherwise candidates for lung transplantation.
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Source: Chest - May 22, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Weatherald J, Huertas A, Boucly A, Guignabert C, Taniguchi Y, Adir Y, Jevnikar M, Savale L, Jaïs X, Peng M, Simonneau G, Montani D, Humbert M, Sitbon O Tags: Chest Source Type: research