Malnutrition syndrome, but not body mass index, is associated to worse prognosis in heart failure patients.

Colín-Ramírez, Eloisa; Orea-Tejeda, Arturo; Castillo-Martínez, Lilia; Montaño-Hernández, Patricia; Sánchez-Ramírez, Anahí; Pineda-Juárez, Juan Antonio; Rebollar-González, Verónica

Colín-Ramírez, Eloisa; Orea-Tejeda, Arturo; Castillo-Martínez, Lilia; Montaño-Hernández, Patricia; Sánchez-Ramírez, Anahí; Pineda-Juárez, Juan Antonio; Rebollar-González, Verónica.

Affiliation

Colín-Ramírez E; Heart Failure Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", México City 14000, Mexico. eloisa_colin@yahoo.com.mx

Clin Nutr ; 30(6): 753-8, 2011 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21802799

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Body Mass Index; Heart Failure/complications; Malnutrition/complications; Anthropometry; Body Composition; Electric Impedance; Female; Hand Strength/physiology; Heart Failure/mortality; Hemoglobins/analysis; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Malnutrition/mortality; Mexico/epidemiology; Retrospective Studies

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Body Mass Index / Malnutrition / Heart Failure Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: En Journal: Clin Nutr Year: 2011 Type: Article Affiliation country: Mexico

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