Body Mass Index Is Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
BACKGROUND:Prior work suggested that patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have lower body mass index (BMI) than controls and patients with lower BMI have more serious complications. GOAL:The study was aimed to find relationship between BMI in patients with and without IBD, investigate eff...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4684381?pdf=render |