Severity of underweight affects the development of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease; a nationwide longitudinal study

Abstract Regarding to known association between underweight and non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD), the underweight was simply categorized as body mass index (BMI) less than 18.5 kg/m2, mainly because of its low prevalence. We aimed to better define the impact of BMI severity o...

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Main Authors: Ji Young Kang, Kyungdo Han, Mee Kyoung Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21511-x