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Height, weight and body mass index in adults with congenital heart disease.

Sandberg, Camilla ; Rinnström, Daniel ; Dellborg, Mikael ; Thilén, Ulf LU ; Sörensson, Peder ; Nielsen, Niels-Erik ; Christersson, Christina ; Wadell, Karin and Johansson, Bengt (2015) In International Journal of Cardiology 187. p.219-226
Abstract
High BMI is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and, in contrast, low BMI is associated with worse prognosis in heart failure. The knowledge on BMI and the distribution in different BMI-classes in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are limited.
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International Journal of Cardiology
volume
187
pages
219 - 226
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Elsevier
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  • pmid:25838217
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0167-5273
DOI
10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.153
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English
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