老年心血管功能与营养-培训课件.pptVIP

The illness creates an environment that ay be characterized by inflammation, loss of appetite (anorexia), low anabolic horones and anemia. Decreased food intake and anorexia result in loss of body mass and muscle mass. IN addition anorexia inflammation, and insulin resistance and low levels of anabolic hormones result in muscle wasting Anker et al. difined cardiac cachexia as documented non-edematous weight loss of 6% of the previous normal weight observed over a period of 6?months. 1928 patients with Chronic Heart Failure, Functional classification of Class 2 using the New York Heart Ass