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- Title
Comment on 'Weight loss in heart failure is associated with increased mortality only in non‐obese patients without diabetes' by Niedziela et al.
- Authors
Scherbakov, Nadja; Doehner, Wolfram
- Abstract
Comment on 'Weight loss in heart failure is associated with increased mortality only in non-obese patients without diabetes' by Niedziela et al Niedziela I et al i . reported in their recent paper 'Weight loss in heart failure is associated with increased mortality only in non-obese patients without diabetes' in the journal that the presence of diabetes abolishes the impact of weight loss (WL) on mortality.1 Over the past decades, WL is a highly discussed issue within the scientific community. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a frequent co-morbidity in patients with heart failure and is associated with increased hospitalization rate and mortality.6 Combination of both diabetes and cachexia is often observed in heart failure.
- Subjects
WEIGHT loss; HEART disease related mortality; MORTALITY; HEART failure; PEOPLE with diabetes; TYPE 2 diabetes
- Publication
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia & Muscle, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 6, p1867
- ISSN
2190-5991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jcsm.12649