Obesity is an important source of bias in the assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness
Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the relation between body mass index (BMI), exercise capacity, and symptoms in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) and to utilize results of cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPX) and transthoracic echocardiograms to understand the mechanism(s) of reduced exercise capacity across body mass index groups. Over a 6-year period, 510 consecutive patients with HC seen at a tertiary referral center...
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Title
Obesity is an important source of bias in the assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness
Published Date
Nov 1, 2015
Journal
Volume
170
Issue
5
Pages
e7 - e8
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