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

Jørgen Vestbo; Eva Prescott; Thomas Almdal; Morten Dahl; Børge G Nordestgaard; Teis Andersen; Thorkild I A Sørensen; Peter Lange

doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-969OC

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

Jørgen Vestbo, Eva Prescott, Thomas Almdal, Morten Dahl, Børge G Nordestgaard, Teis Andersen, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Peter Lange

Department of Public Health

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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)).

Original language	English
Journal	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Volume	173
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	79-83
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1073-449X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200505-969OC
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

Adiposity
Aged
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Cohort Studies
Denmark
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

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Vestbo, J., Prescott, E., Almdal, T., Dahl, M., Nordestgaard, B. G., Andersen, T., Sørensen, T. I. A., & Lange, P. (2006). 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. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 173(1), 79-83. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200505-969OC

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. / Vestbo, Jørgen; Prescott, Eva ; Almdal, Thomas et al.

In: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 173, No. 1, 2006, p. 79-83.

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Vestbo, J, Prescott, E , Almdal, T, Dahl, M, Nordestgaard, BG, Andersen, T, Sørensen, TIA & Lange, P 2006, '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', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 173, no. 1, pp. 79-83. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200505-969OC

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