Comparison of World Health Organization and Asia-Pacific body mass index classifications in COPD patients

Uk Lim, Jeong; Ha Lee, Jae; Sang Kim, Ju; Il Hwang, Yong; Kim, Tae‐Hyung; Yong Lim, Seong; Ha Yoo, Kwang; Jung, Ki‐Suck; Kyoon Kim, Young; Kook Rhee, Chin

doi:10.2147/copd.s141295

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Comparison of World Health Organization and Asia-Pacific body mass index classifications in COPD patients

Published in International Journal of COPD • Aug 1, 2017

Authors:

Jeong Uk Lim

Jae Ha Lee

Ju Sang Kim

Abstract

Introduction: A low body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased mortality and low health-related quality of life in patients with COPD. The Asia-Pacific classification of BMI has a lower cutoff for overweight and obese categories compared to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification....

Subject

Medicine

Underweight

Body mass index

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