Association of Obesity, Diabetes, and Risk of Tuberculosis: Two Population-Based Cohorts

BACKGROUND: Mounting data have revealed that body mass index (BMI) is inversely associated with risk of active tuberculosis. The inverse association presents a “paradox” with regard to diabetes, because obesity is a major determinant of diabetes, and diabetes is a well-known risk factor for tubercul...

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Autores principales: Lin, Hsien-Ho, Wu, Chieh-Yin, Wang, Chih-Hui, Fu, Han, Lönnroth, Knut, Chang, Yi-Cheng, Huang, Yen-Tsung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29029077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix852

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29029077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix852

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