Open AccessThe Clinical Significance of Body Weight Loss in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients
Author(s) -
Yoshinari Nakatsuka,
Tomohiro Handa,
Maria Kokosi,
Kiminobu Tanizawa,
Silvia Puglisi,
Joseph Jacob,
Akihiko Sokai,
Kohei Ikezoe,
Kumiko Kanatani,
Takeshi Kubo,
Haruaki Tomioka,
Yoshio Terada,
Sonoko Nagai,
Kazuo Chin,
Michiaki Mishima,
Athol U. Wells,
Toyohiro Hirai
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000490355
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , weight loss , gastroenterology , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , body mass index , cohort study , lung , obesity
The significance of the nutritional status in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is largely unknown. Temporal body weight (BW) change, a dynamic index of nutrition status, can detect the malnutrition more accurately than the conventional single-point body mass index evaluation.