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Fig. 2 | BMC Geriatrics

Fig. 2

From: High percent body fat mass predicts lower risk of cardiac events in patients with heart failure: an explanation of the obesity paradox

Fig. 2

Kaplan-Meier event-free survival curves. a Group with increased percent body fat mass (red line) vs. group without increased body fat mass (black line). b Group with muscle wasting (red line) vs. group without muscle wasting (black line). Increased percent body fat mass was defined as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-measured percent body fat mass > 25% in males and > 30% in females. Muscle wasting was defined by the cut-off values of appendicular skeletal muscle mass index: < 7.00 kg/m2 in males and < 5.40 kg/m2 in females. FM, percent body fat mass

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