@article{f8917d6dae384f1c8980555c815817a7,
title = "Body mass, fat-free body mass, and prognosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from a random population sample: findings from the Copenhagen City Heart Study",
abstract = "Low body mass index (BMI) is a marker of poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In the general population, the harmful effect of low BMI is due to the deleterious effects of a low fat-free mass index (FFMI; fat-free mass/weight(2)).",
keywords = "Adiposity, Aged, Body Mass Index, Body Weight, Cohort Studies, Denmark, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive",
author = "J{\o}rgen Vestbo and Eva Prescott and Thomas Almdal and Morten Dahl and Nordestgaard, {B{\o}rge G} and Teis Andersen and S{\o}rensen, {Thorkild I A} and Peter Lange",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1164/rccm.200505-969OC",
language = "English",
volume = "173",
pages = "79--83",
journal = "American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine",
issn = "1073-449X",
publisher = "American Thoracic Society",
number = "1",
}