Low FFMI according to ESPEN cut-offs is a strong independent predictor of mortality in patients with COPD

I. Sarc (golnik, Slovenia), T. Kosten (golnik, Slovenia), T. Hafner (golnik, Slovenia), B. Zupanc (golnik, Slovenia), K. Ziherl (golnik, Slovenia)

Source: International Congress 2018 – New determinants of cardiovascular morbidity in COPD
Session: New determinants of cardiovascular morbidity in COPD
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 5165
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentation

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
I. Sarc (golnik, Slovenia), T. Kosten (golnik, Slovenia), T. Hafner (golnik, Slovenia), B. Zupanc (golnik, Slovenia), K. Ziherl (golnik, Slovenia). Low FFMI according to ESPEN cut-offs is a strong independent predictor of mortality in patients with COPD. 5165

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Validation of bode index as a predictor of mortality in COPD patients
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Prognosis in COPD
Year: 2008

Body mass index (BMI) is an independent risk factor for exacerbation in patients with COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - COPD and comorbidities
Year: 2008

The index distance-saturation product like predicting of mortality in patients with COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Exercise intolerance: mechanism, intervention and assessment
Year: 2008


Association between adiposity measures and COPD risk in Chinese adults
Source: Eur Respir J, 55 (4) 1901899; 10.1183/13993003.01899-2019
Year: 2020



The value of the body composition analysis on COPD patients in different groups according to BMI
Source: International Congress 2014 – COPD exacerbations
Year: 2014

Management of high risk patients with COPD, identified by the DOSE index, in general practice
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - COPD case-finding and management in primary care
Year: 2009



BMI and risk for death in COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Genetic and environmental risk factors for respiratory diseases
Year: 2011


The impact of comorbidities related to BMI in COPD patients
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - COPD mechanisms
Year: 2011


Impact of high body mass index in mortality in hospitalized patients with CAP: Results from the CAPO international cohort study
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - The prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia: old and new markers of severity
Year: 2010

Body composition by bioelectrical impedance predicts mortality in COPD patients
Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Systemic effects of COPD
Year: 2005


Association between comorbidities, disease severity and body mass index in COPD patients
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - COPD diagnosis
Year: 2011

Validated the power of terminal status criteria in the prediction of 1-year mortality in patiens with COPD
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Epidemiology and understanding of airways diseases in primary care
Year: 2020


BODE index as predictor of exacerbation occurrence in ambulatory patients with COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Exacerbations of COPD
Year: 2007


Karnofsky index as predictor of exacerbations in moderate and severe COPD patients
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - COPD: treatment and monitoring
Year: 2010


Introducing a new prognostic instrument for long-term mortality prediction among COPD patients - the CADOT index.
Source: International Congress 2019 – Advances in clinical management of COPD
Year: 2019


A longitudinal study of the relationship between serial changes in BODE index, mortality and readmissions in patients with COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Prognosis and comorbidities in COPD
Year: 2009


Sarcopenia index correlates with COPD clinical outcomes.
Source: International Congress 2018 – Nutrition and metabolic syndrome in COPD
Year: 2018

A predictive model for classifying COPD patients according to CT emphysema extent by using functional data and BMI
Source: International Congress 2017 – Imaging markers for COPD and asthma
Year: 2017

Pro-adrenomedullin is a predictive marker for all-cause mortality in stable COPD: An analysis of the COSYCONET study
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Novel findings in intensive care unit medicine: part 2
Year: 2020


SGRQ-C distribution in the evaluation of COPD longitudinally to identify predictive surrogate endpoints (ECLIPSE) cohort: Characteristics of COPD subjects with extreme score quintiles
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - COPD: symptoms and staging
Year: 2010