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Obesity survival paradox in pneumonia: a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether an ‘obesity survival paradox’ exists for pneumonia. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to assess the associations between increased body mass index (BMI), pneumonia risk, and mortality risk. METHODS: Cohort studies were identified from the PubMed and Embase dat...

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Autores principales: Nie, Wei, Zhang, Yi, Jee, Sun Ha, Jung, Keum Ji, Li, Bing, Xiu, Qingyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24722122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-61