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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Livia Maccioni (लेखक), Susanne Weber (लेखक), Magdeldin Elgizouli (लेखक), Anne-Sophie Stoehlker (लेखक), Ilona Geist (लेखक), Hans-Hartmut Peter (लेखक), Werner Vach (लेखक), Alexandra Nieters (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...