Body composition and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

By A. Schols, R. Broekhuizen, C. Weling-Scheepers, Emiel F. M. Wouters. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005

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Subfields: Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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• Quadriceps strength predicts mortality in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2006, background): “The endpoint measured was death or lung transplantation and median (range) follow up was 38 (1-54) months.”
• An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: update on limb muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (2014, methodology): “A midthigh muscle cross-sectional area (MTCSA), 70 cm(2) (A) (5), a low fat-free mass index (FFMI) defined as an FFMI , 16 kg/m(2) in men and , 15 kg/m(2) in women (B) (1), and a reduced quadriceps strength defined as a quadriceps strength (kg) to body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) ratio , 120% (C) (7)”