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Editorial
. 2024 Oct 1;210(7):859-861.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202403-0601ED.

Why Is Body Mass Index Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? Is It All in the Genes?

Ana I Hernández Cordero  1   2 , Don D Sin  1   3
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Why Is Body Mass Index Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? Is It All in the Genes?

Ana I Hernández Cordero et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Measured and genetically predicted body mass index (BMI) as predictors of all-cause, respiratory, and cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the study by Zhang and colleagues (11). Patients whose measured BMI was lower than their genetic prediction (i.e., the discordant low BMI group) demonstrated an elevated risk of respiratory mortality compared with patients with a measured BMI that was similar to their genetic prediction (i.e., the concordant BMI group); patients whose measured BMI was higher than their genetic prediction (i.e., discordant high BMI) demonstrated an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality compared with patients with concordant BMI. The U-shaped red line represents the risk of all-cause mortality. The figure was created with BioRender.com.
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