Obesity and Diabetes as Risk Factors for Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: Results From a Swedish Nationwide Study | Zendy

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Obesity and Diabetes as Risk Factors for Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: Results From a Swedish Nationwide Study

Author(s) -

Katja Wyss,

Andreas Wångdahl,

Maria Vesterlund,

Ulf Hammar,

Saduddin Dashti,

Pontus Nauclér,

Anna Färnert

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix437

Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , malaria , odds ratio , obesity , dyslipidemia , diabetes mellitus , body mass index , logistic regression , risk factor , plasmodium falciparum , confidence interval , pediatrics , immunology , endocrinology

Noncommunicable diseases and obesity are increasing in prevalence globally, also in populations at risk of malaria. We sought to investigate if comorbidity, in terms of chronic diseases and obesity, is associated with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

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