Underweight increases the risk of early death in tuberculosis patients.

Yen, Yung-Feng; Tung, Fu-I; Ho, Bo-Lung; Lai, Yun-Ju

Yen, Yung-Feng; Tung, Fu-I; Ho, Bo-Lung; Lai, Yun-Ju.

Affiliation

Yen YF; 1Section of Infectious Diseases,Taipei City Hospital,Taipei 103,Taiwan.
Tung FI; 3Center for Infectious Disease and Cancer Research,Kaohsiung Medical University,Kaohsiung 807,Taiwan.
Ho BL; 1Section of Infectious Diseases,Taipei City Hospital,Taipei 103,Taiwan.
Lai YJ; 2School of Medicine,National Yang-Ming University,Taipei 112,Taiwan.

Br J Nutr ; 118(12): 1052-1060, 2017 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29179784

Subject(s)

Thinness/complications; Tuberculosis/mortality; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Body Mass Index; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Taiwan/epidemiology; Tuberculosis/etiology; Young Adult

Key words

AHR adjusted hazard ratio; DOT directly observed treatment; TB tuberculosis; BMI; Mortality; Tuberculosis; Underweight

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Thinness / Tuberculosis Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Br J Nutr Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: Taiwan

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