Is an increased body mass index associated with a risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis?

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Silva-Vergara, Mário León¹  Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil¹  Nunes, Adriana Guimarães¹  Cunha, Daniel Ferreira da¹  Cunha, Selma Freire de Carvalho da¹ 

关键词: Cutaneous leishmaniasis;    Nutritional status;    Overweight;    Obesity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822009000500004

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

All adults (n = 334) living in Brejo do Mutambal, an endemic area for cutaneous leishmaniasis, were included in this study. Contrary to our initial hypothesis, it was observed that men (23.7 ± 3.2 vs. 22.1 ± 2.6 kg/m2) and women (24.1 ± 4.7 vs. 22.5 ± 3.4 kg/m2) with cutaneous leishmaniasis presented higher body mass index than the controls.

【 授权许可】

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