Relation of Muscle Mass and Fat Mass to Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 117; no. 8; pp. 1355 - 1360
• Main Authors: Srikanthan, Preethi, Horwich, Tamara B., Tseng, Chi Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.04.2016; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Absorptiometry, Photon - methods; Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Body composition; Body Mass Index; Cancer; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Confidence intervals; Coronary vessels; Datasets; Diabetes; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gender; Health risk assessment; Heart failure; Humans; Hypertension; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Metabolism; Middle Aged; Mortality; Muscle, Skeletal - diagnostic imaging; Nutrition Surveys - methods; Obesity; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Standard deviation; Studies; Survival Rate - trends; United States - epidemiology; mortality; cardiovascular disease; muscle

We evaluated the relation between components of body composition and mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dual x-ray absorptiometry body composition data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999 to 2004 was linked to total and CVD mortality data 1999 to 2006...