Obesity and risk of respiratory tract infections: results of an infection-diary based cohort study

• 主要な著者: Livia Maccioni (著者), Susanne Weber (著者), Magdeldin Elgizouli (著者), Anne-Sophie Stoehlker (著者), Ilona Geist (著者), Hans-Hartmut Peter (著者), Werner Vach (著者), Alexandra Nieters (著者)
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• 出版事項: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a major morbidity factor contributing largely to health care costs and individual quality of life. The aim of the study was to test whether obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) is one of the risk factors underlying frequent RTIs in the German adult pop...