American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 13-22 , July 2008

Body mass index and mortality in heart failure: A meta-analysis

  • Antigone Oreopoulos, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Raj Padwal, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Raj Padwal, MD, MSc, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, 2E3.22 Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Center, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7.
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  • Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
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  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Colleen M. Norris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Finlay A. McAlister, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Received 5 November 2007 ,Accepted 14 February 2008.

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 There was no project specific funding, but A.O. is supported by a CIHR Strategic Training Fellowship in Tomorrow's Research Cardiovascular Health Professionals; C.M.N. is supported by career salary awards from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research; C.M.N. is also supported by New Investigator Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; G.C.F. is supported by a grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the Eliot Corday Foundation; K.K. is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease from the NIH and by a Grant-in-Aid from the American Heart Association; and F.A.M. is supported by career salary awards from AHFMR and CIHR as well as the Patient Health Management Chair at the University of Alberta.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00154-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.02.014

American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 13-22 , July 2008