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Differences in the Evaluation of Malnutrition and Body Composition Using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, Nutritional Ultrasound, and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry in Patients with Heart Failure.

Ana Benitez-VelascoCarlos Alzas-TeomiroCarmen Zurera GómezConcepción Muñoz JiménezJosé López AguileraManuel CrespinJuan Antonio Vallejo-CasasMaría Ángeles Gálvez-MorenoMaría José Molina PuertaAura Dulcinea Herrera-Martínez
Published in: Nutrients (2024)
GLIM criteria identified a lower percentage of patients with HF and malnutrition compared with SGA; thus, SGA could have a role in preventing malnutrition in HF patients. Nutritional evaluation with BIA and DXA in patients with HF showed reliable results of body composition parameters in HF, and both help with the diagnosis of malnutrition according to the GLIM or SGA criteria and could provide complementary information in some specific cases.
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