Muscle mass, not body weight, predicts outcome in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Sep 15;166(6):787-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.2206003.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anthropometry*
  • Body Composition
  • Body Mass Index
  • Body Weight*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Humans
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Muscle, Skeletal* / diagnostic imaging
  • Muscular Atrophy / etiology
  • Nutritional Status
  • Obesity / complications
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / rehabilitation
  • Smoking / adverse effects
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Thigh
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed