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Body-mass index correlates with severity and mortality in acute pancreatitis: A meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Obesity rates have increased sharply in recent decades. As there is a growing number of cases in which acute pancreatitis (AP) is accompanied by obesity, we found it clinically relevant to investigate how body-mass index (BMI) affects the outcome of the disease. AIM: To quantify the asso...

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Autores principales: Dobszai, Dalma, Mátrai, Péter, Gyöngyi, Zoltán, Csupor, Dezső, Bajor, Judit, Erőss, Bálint, Mikó, Alexandra, Szakó, Lajos, Meczker, Ágnes, Hágendorn, Roland, Márta, Katalin, Szentesi, Andrea, Hegyi, Péter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6378543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30783376
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i6.729