• Revisiting the obesity paradox in heart failure: Per cent body fat as predictor of biomarkers and outcome 

      Aimo, Alberto; Januzzi, James L.; Vergaro, Giuseppe; Clerico, Aldo; Latini, Roberto; Meessen, Jennifer; Anand, Inder S.; Cohn, Jay N.; Gravning, Jørgen A.; Ueland, Thor; Nymo, Ståle Haugset; Brunner-La Rocca, Hans-Peter; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Lupón, Josep; de Boer, Rudolf A.; Yoshihisa, Akiomi; Takeishi, Yasuchika; Egstrup, Michael; Gustafsson, Ida; Gaggin, Hanna K.; Eggers, Kai M.; Huber, Kurt; Tentzeris, Ioannis; Ripoli, Andrea; Passino, Claudio; Emdin, Michele (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-01)
      <i>Aims</i> - Obesity defined by body mass index (BMI) is characterized by better prognosis and lower plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in heart failure. We assessed whether another anthropometric measure, per cent body fat (PBF), reveals different associations with outcome and heart failure biomarkers (NT-proBNP, high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT), soluble suppression ...