Low Body-Mass Index with Abdominal Obesity Is Associated with Worse Heart Failure Outcomes (IMAGE)

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Low Body-Mass Index with Abdominal Obesity Is Associated with Worse Heart Failure Outcomes

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Having a lower body-mass index (BMI), but also with having a higher waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), is associated with worse outcomes among Asian patients with heart failure, according to a study published September 24 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Carolyn Lam of the National Heart Centre Singapore, and colleagues.

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