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SUBMITTER: McDonald MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5890424 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McDonald Merry-Lynn N MN Diaz Alejandro A AA Rutten Erica E Lutz Sharon M SM Harmouche Rola R San Jose Estepar Raul R Kinney Greg G Hokanson John E JE Gower Barbara A BA Wouters Emiel F M EFM Rennard Stephen I SI Hersh Craig P CP Casaburi Richard R Dransfield Mark T MT Silverman Edwin K EK Washko George R GR
The European respiratory journal 20171214 6
Low fat-free mass index (FFMI) is an independent risk factor for mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) not typically measured during routine care. In the present study, we aimed to derive fat-free mass from the pectoralis muscle area (FFM<sub>PMA</sub>) and assess whether low FFMI<sub>PMA</sub> is associated with all-cause mortality in COPD cases. We used data from two independent COPD cohorts, ECLIPSE and COPDGene.Two equal sized groups of COPD cases (n=759) from the ECLIPSE ...[more]