This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$259.00 per year
only $21.58 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Wan H, Wu S, Wang J, Yang Y, Zhu J, Shao X et al. Body mass index and the risk of all-cause mortality among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a multicenter prospective observational study in China. Eur J Clin Nur 2016; e-pub ahead of print 26 October 2016; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2016.183.
Liu H, Wu S, Li Y, Sun L, Huang Z, Lin L et al. Body mass index and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study of 11449 participants. J Diabetes Complications 2016; 31: 328–333.
Sannino A, Schiattarella GG, Toscano E, Gargiulo G, Giugliano G, Galderisi M et al. Meta-analysis of effect of body mass index on outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Am J Cardiol 2017; 119: 308–316.
Atamna A, Elis A, Gilady E, Gitter-Azulay L, Bishara J . How obesity impacts outcomes of infectious diseases. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 36: 585–591.
Richardson DB, Hamra GB, MacLehose RF, Cole SR, Chu H . Hierarchical regression for analyses of multiple outcomes. Am J Epidemiol 2015; 182: 459–467.
Sharma A, Vallakati A, Einstein AJ, Lavie CJ, Arbab-Zadeh A, Lopez-Jimenez F et al. Relationship of body mass index with total mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and myocardial infarction after coronary revascularization: evidence from a meta-analysis. Mayo Clinic Proc 2014; 89: 1080–1100.
Kremers HM, Nicola PJ, Crowson CS, Ballman KV, Gabriel SE . Prognostic importance of low body mass index in relation to cardiovascular mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis rheum 2004; 50: 3450–3457.
Choy B, Hansen E, Moss AJ, McNitt S, Zareba W, Goldenberg I . Relation of body mass index to sudden cardiac death and the benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after healing of myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2010; 105: 581–586.
Huang K, Liu F, Han X, Huang C, Huang J, Gu D et al. Association of BMI with total mortality and recurrent stroke among stroke patients: a meta-analysis of cohort studies. Atherosclerosis 2016; 253: 94–101.
Senoo K, Lip GY . Body mass index and adverse outcomes in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: the AMADEUS trial. Stroke 2016; 47: 523–526.
Acknowledgements
We thank Professor Yang Wang for his great help and guidance with the statistical matters involved in the current study.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Competing interests
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Additional information
Supplementary Information accompanies this paper on European Journal of Clinical Nutrition website
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Wu, S., Wan, H., Wang, J. et al. Reply to ‘Body mass index and the risk of all-cause mortality among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a multicenter prospective observational study in China; methodological issues’. Eur J Clin Nutr 71, 1024–1025 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2017.14
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2017.14