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

• Main Authors: Livia Maccioni (Author), Susanne Weber (Author), Magdeldin Elgizouli (Author), Anne-Sophie Stoehlker (Author), Ilona Geist (Author), Hans-Hartmut Peter (Author), Werner Vach (Author), Alexandra Nieters (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...