title: Obesity paradox in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037,China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037,China. Electronic address: yymwin@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yan-min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037,China. Electronic address: junzhuld@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037,China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037,China.
authors.forename: Xing-hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality
keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Body mass index; Heart failure; Obesity