Body mass index and the risk of infections in institutionalised geriatric patients

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1830-1835

  Dorner, Thomas E ^a,b   Schwarz, Franz ^c   Kranz, Alexander ^b   Freidl, Wolfgang ^a   Rieder, Anita ^b   Gisinger, Christoph ^d,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^d Haus der Barmherzigkeit   (Austria)

^e DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Obesity; Pneumonia; Underweight; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWEIGHT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AUSTRIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77954575203     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000152     Document Type: Article

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