Associations between low body mass index and mortality in patients with sepsis: A retrospective analysis of a cohort study in Japan.

Associations between low body mass index and mortality in patients with sepsis: A retrospective analysis of a cohort study in Japan.

<h4>Background</h4>The distribution of body mass in populations of Western countries differs from that of populations of East Asian countries. In East Asian countries, fewer people have a high body mass index than those in Western countries. In Japan, the country with the highest number...

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Main Authors: Tetsuya Sato, Daisuke Kudo, Shigeki Kushimoto, Masatsugu Hasegawa, Fumihito Ito, Sathoshi Yamanouchi, Hiroyuki Honda, Kohkichi Andoh, Hajime Furukawa, Yasuo Yamada, Yuta Tsujimoto, Manabu Okuyama, Masakazu Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252955

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