Two components of the new ESPEN diagnostic criteria for malnutrition are independent predictors of lung function in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

• Published in: Clinical Nutrition
• Main Authors: Ingadottir, Arora Ros, Beck, Anne Marie, Baldwin, Christine, Weekes, C. Elizabeth, Geirsdottir, Olof Gudny, Ramel, Alfons, Gislason, Thorarinn, Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg
• Other Authors: 1 Univ Iceland, Landspitali Univ Hosp, Unit Nutr Res, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more 2 Univ Iceland, Fac Food Sci & Nutr, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more 3 Landspitali Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Nutr, Reykjavik, Iceland 4 Metropolitan Univ Coll, Fac Hlth & Technol, Dept Nutr & Hlth, Copenhagen N, Denmark 5 Herlev & Gentofte Hosp, Res Unit Nutr, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark Show more 6 Kings Coll London, Div Diabet & Nutr Sci, London, England Show more 7 Landspitali Univ Hosp, Iceland Gerontol Res Ctr, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more 8 Univ Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more 9 Univ Iceland, Fac Med, Reykjavik, Iceland Show more 10 Landspitali Univ Hosp, Dept Resp Med & Sleep, Reykjavik, Icelan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Churchill Livingstone 2018
• Subjects: Kæfisvefn; Næringarskortur; Mataræði; Pulmonary Disease; Chronic Obstructive; Malnutrition; Nutrition Assessment; Bia; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/620649; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2017.05.031

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink below INTRODUCTION: Low fat free mass index (FFMI) is a component of the ESPEN diagnosis criteria of malnutrition, that only when accompanied with weight loss is considered to be a determinant of malnutrition. Our ai...