Body mass index and risk of pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 839-857

  Phung, D T ^a   Wang, Z ^b   Rutherford, S ^a   Huang, C ^a   Chu, C ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Meta analysis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; META-ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; OVERWEIGHT; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THINNESS;

EID: 84883793951     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12055     Document Type: Review

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