Overweight and obesity as protective factors against mortality in nonischemic cardiomyopathy patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Bin ZhouShuang ZhaoMin TangKeping ChenWei HuaYangang SuSilin ChenZhaoguang LiangWei XuXiaoyao LiXiaodi XueXuerong SunShu Zhang

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2020)

Compared with underweight and normal weight, overweight and obesity are protective against mortality but have only a neutral impact on VAs risk in NICM patients with an ICD.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
risk factors
heart failure
body mass index
physical activity
weight loss
type diabetes
weight gain
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
left ventricular
body weight