Open AccessBody Composition in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Comparison with Malnutrition in Healthy Smokers
Author(s) -
Ayşe Baççıoğlu,
Banu Eriş Gülbay,
Turan Acıcan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eurasian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1308-8742
pISSN - 1308-8734
DOI - 10.5152/eajm.2014.46
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , overweight , copd , malnutrition , anthropometry , dlco , spirometry , body mass index , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , lung , diffusing capacity , lung function , asthma
Although malnutrition (body mass index (BMI)<18.5kg/ m(2)) has been associated with impaired health status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the effects of body composition (body fat and protein percentage) in patients with COPD have not been clearly demonstrated.
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