The Association Between Body Mass Index and the Risk of Hospitalization and Mortality due to Infection: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aim to determine whether obesity increases the risk of various infections using a large prospective population-based cohort.

Methods

A total of 120 864 adults were recruited from the New Taipei City health screening program from 2005 to 2008. Statistics for hospitalization and mortality due to infection were obtained from the National Health Insurance Database and the National Death Registry in Taiwan.

Results

During a mean follow-up period of 7.61 years, there were 438, 7582, 5298, and 1480 first hospitalizations due to infection in the underweight, normal, overweight, and obese groups, respectively. Obesity significantly increases the risk of hospitalization for intra-abdominal infections (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.19; 95% CI, 1.00-1.40), includin

SUBMITTER: Yang WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7817078 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature