Abstract:Background: The prevalence of obesity has more than doubled between 1980 and 2014, worldwide. In Japan, 25% of adults aged ≥20 years (29 % of males and 20% of females) were overweight in 2013. Body mass index (BMI) assesses the proportion of weight versus height, and is commonly used to stratify underweight, normal, overweight, and obesity in adults. However, the prognostic impact of BMI in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is debatable. In this retrospective study, we aimed to assess whether BMI was associated wit… Show more
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