The "Obesity Paradox" in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Can It Be Resolved?

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Feb;15(2):158-159. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201711-901ED.

Authors

Anand S Iyer^{1

2

3}, Mark T Dransfield^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Division of Pulmonary Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine.
² 2 Health Services, Outcomes, and Effectiveness Research Training Program, and.
³ 3 Lung Health Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and.
⁴ 4 Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Obesity*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*

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