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A point-prevalence study of body mass indices in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Obesity is now well recognised as a risk factor for severe COVID-19, but the true prevalence of obesity in hospitalised adults with COVID-19 remains unclear because formal body mass indices (BMIs) are not routinely measured on admission. OBJECTIVES: To describe the true prevalence of obe...
Autores principales: | Parker, A, Broadhurst, A G B, Moolla, M S, Amien, L, Ahmed, R, Taljaard, J J, Meintjes, G, Nyasulu, P, Koegelenberg, C F N |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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South African Medical Association
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10642405/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37970574 http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2023.v29i3.660 |
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