The relation between Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and muscle mass, muscle strength, and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure patients

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 20;177(3):1140-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.045. Epub 2014 Aug 15.

¹ Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan. Electronic address: izawapk@ga2.so-net.ne.jp.
² Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
³ Department of Physical Therapy, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan.
⁴ Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, St. Marianna University Toyoko Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
⁷ Department of Cardiology, St. Marianna University Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
⁸ Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
⁹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.

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Keywords: Chronic heart failure; Exercise capacity; Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index; Muscle mass; Muscle strength.

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