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

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Methods

We performed a retrospective observational study in adults (≥18 years of age) diagnosed with malaria in Sweden between January 1995 and May 2015. We identified cases through the surveillance database at the Public Health Agency of Sweden and reviewed clinical data from 18 hospitals. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess associations between comorbidities and severe malaria.

Results

Among 937 adults (median age, 37 years; 66.5% were male), patients with severe malaria had higher preva

SUBMITTER: Wyss K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5848256 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature