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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21511-x |