title: Muscle mass, not body weight, predicts outcome in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
authors.forename: M Jeffery
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mador
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D013848:Thigh; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed