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01-10-2015 | Brief Report
Obesity not associated with severity among hospitalized adults with seasonal influenza virus infection
Authors:
Elise S. Braun, Forrest W. Crawford, Mayur M. Desai, James Meek, Pam Daily Kirley, Lisa Miller, Evan J. Anderson, Oluwakemi Oni, Patricia Ryan, Ruth Lynfield, Marisa Bargsten, Nancy M. Bennett, Krista L. Lung, Ann Thomas, Elizabeth Mermel, Mary Lou Lindegren, William Schaffner, Andrea Price, Sandra S. Chaves
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Infection
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Issue 5/2015
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Abstract
We examined seasonal influenza severity [artificial ventilation, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and radiographic-confirmed pneumonia] by weight category among adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza. Using multivariate logistic regression models, we found no association between obesity or severe obesity and artificial ventilation or ICU admission; however, overweight and obese patients had decreased risk of pneumonia. Underweight was associated with pneumonia (adjusted odds ratio 1.31; 95 % confidence interval 1.04, 1.64).