Study shows ‘obesity paradox’ does not exist: waist-to-height ratio is a better indicator of outcomes in patients with heart failure than BMI. New research has debunked the idea that there is an “obesity paradox,” whereby patients with heart failure who are overweight or obese are thought to be l
A newly-published study in the European Society of Cardiology’s European Heart Journal is shedding new light on the obesity paradox. Study findings show that if doctors measure the ratio of waist to height in a patient with heart failure, rather than looking at body mass index, the supposed survival advantage for patients with a BMI of 25kg/m2 or more disappears.
Pre-specified pooled analysis from Phase III trials demonstrated reduction in CV death by 14% and reduction in death from any cause by 10% in patients with heart failure irrespective of ejection fraction
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