ReviewCurrent heart failure reports2025
Relative Fat Mass: Refining Adiposity Measurement in the Era Beyond Body Mass Index.
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- Remodelling of body composition surrounding the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in three longitudinal cohorts.Diabetologia · 2026Article
- Improving cognition through lifestyle-induced remission of type 2 diabetes: findings from DIABEPIC-2.Acta diabetologica · 2026Article
- Update on Obesity and Its Relationship to Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Risk Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Associations between five anthropometric indices and fecal incontinence: A cross-sectional study based on the 2005 to 2010 NHANES data.Medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of probiotics and synbiotics on body weight management in individuals with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Physical activity and nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between a novel obesity index WWI and chronic kidney disease in a Chinese middle-aged and older population: a national prospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Association between low-density lipoprotein and structural changes in the knee joint of patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis is mediated by relative fat mass.European journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Beyond BMI: L4-L5 visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio on CT predicts impaired wound healing after posterior lumbar fusion-A retrospective study.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewTo position relative fat mass (RFM) as a more accurate, physiologically grounded, and clinically useful alternative to body mass index (BMI) for assessing adiposity and predicting cardiometabolic risk, including heart failure. RECENT
findingsRFM estimates body fat percentage using a sex-specific formula based on waist circumference and height. RFM not only correlates more strongly with fat mass than BMI, but also shows a weaker correlation with muscle mass. This distinction helps reduce lean mass-related confounding in the assessment of adiposity. In clinical studies, RFM has emerged as a robust predictor of incident heart failure, cardiometabolic disease, and all-cause mortality. RFM avoids misclassification of adiposity in individuals with high muscle mass and better reflects abdominal adiposity than BMI. As the prevalence of heart failure and other obesity-related diseases continues to rise, RFM offers a practical and intuitive tool for assessment of adiposity and heart failure risk - challenging the long-standing dominance of BMI.
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