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Body weight significantly influenced right heart function and survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension, with both extremes ...
Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, ...
A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...
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Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...
Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...
The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher ...
For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according ...
Doctors should provide high quality, evidence based care reflecting individual preferences and needs, regardless of weight, argue Juan Franco and colleagues Doctors have traditionally recommended ...
Body mass index, or BMI, has been used by medical professionals since the 1990s to classify whether individuals are a healthy ...