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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2020 Aug 15;134:130–137. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.07.062

Figure 3: Effect of BMI on survival in veterans diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension.

Figure 3:

A) Kaplan-Meier survival probability by BMI category. Higher BMI classes were associated with improved survival (log-rank test P < 0.0001). B) BMI is associated with lower risk of death (hazard ratio) in all types of pulmonary hypertension and irrespective of the presence of underlying heart or lung disease. C) The association of BMI with survival is non-linear across the BMI range with sharply higher risk of death seen at BMI values in the normal to underweight range.