Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 7th, 2009
"To examine the associations of pretransplant obesity and underweight with the risk of death after lung transplantation. We examined 5,978 adults with cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diffuse parenchymal lung disease who underwent lung transplantation in the United States between 1995 and 2003. We used Cox models and generalized additive models to examine the association...
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