What is the relationship between body mass index and long-term all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure in primary care?
In primary care heart failure patients, BMI has a U-shaped relationship with mortality, highlighting underweight patients as the highest risk group.
The U-shaped relationship between BMI and long-term all-cause mortality suggests a personalised approach to identifying optimal weight may be needed for patients with HF in primary care. Underweight people have the poorest prognosis and should be recognised as high-risk.
Jones et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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