… In patients with HFrEF, alternative anthropometric measurements showed no evidence
for an ‘obesity-survival paradox’. Newer indices that do not incorporate weight showed that …

… The present study, therefore, provides no new evidence for the existence of an obesity
paradox in patients with HFrEF by either BMI or WHtR anthropometric measurements, with …

… The prognostic value of several alternative anthropometric measures was compared with that
… The association between anthropometric measures and all-cause death was adjusted for …

… effect of obesity has been described as the “obesity paradox” or “reverse epidemiology.”
However, it should be emphasized that the BMI is a crude and flawed anthropometric biomarker …

… indices and DXA-based visceral fat measurements. We hypothesize that the obesity
paradox may not be real but an artifact of anthropometric measures. …

… Assessment of regional fat distribution by use of additional anthropometric measurements
or non-invasive imaging of body fat depots, eg visceral abdominal (VAT), subcutaneous (SAT), …

… First, it should be mentioned that within the current study, anthropometric measures become
… Consequently, these anthropometric measurements of body size and body shape become …

… Therefore, BMI should always be used in combination with other anthropometric measures,
such as waist circumference and mid-arm anthropometrics (mid-upper arm circumference, …

… obesity paradox in specific chronic diseases remains a topic of continuous interest. In the
present review, we examine the controversial issues around the obesity paradox in … obesity and …

… The major implication of this condition is that anthropometric measurements and BMI cannot
… indicated that the obesity paradox occurs in cancer patients only when obesity is defined by …