title: Heart failure/BMI link: do obese patients with HF live longer? The findings that heavier is better is subject to debate. Eight recent studies differ in methodology and results.
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002100:Cachexia / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology