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Body mass index and risk of dying from a bloodstream infection: A Mendelian randomization study
BACKGROUND: In observational studies of the general population, higher body mass index (BMI) has been associated with increased incidence of and mortality from bloodstream infection (BSI) and sepsis. On the other hand, higher BMI has been observed to be apparently protective among patients with infe...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7668585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33196656 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003413 |