Body mass index and all-cause mortality in heart failure patients with normal and reduced ventricular ejection fraction: a dose-response meta-analysis.
Jufen ZhangAine BegleyRuth JacksonMichael HarrisonPierpaolo PellicoriAndrew L ClarkJohn G F ClelandPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2018)
For patients with heart failure, the relation between BMI and mortality is U-shaped with a similar nadir of risk for HFpEF and HFrEF at a BMI of 32-33 kg/m2. Whether interventions that alter weight in either direction can alter risk is unknown.