Waist-to-height ratio for the obesity paradox in heart failure: is it a matter of fitness?
Eur Heart J
.
2023 Sep 14;44(35):3386-3387.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad503.
Authors
Gen-Min Lin
1
2
,
Kun-Zhe Tsai
3
,
Carl J Lavie
4
Affiliations
1
Department of Medicine, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, No. 100, Jinfeng St., Hualien City 970, Taiwan.
2
Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
3
Department of Stomatology of Periodontology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan.
4
John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
PMID:
37529967
DOI:
10.1093/eurheartj/ehad503
No abstract available
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Body Mass Index
Heart Failure*
Humans
Obesity / complications
Obesity / epidemiology
Obesity Paradox*
Risk Factors
Waist Circumference