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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thinning or obesity increases the risk of hospital admission for an influenza virus or other respiratory virus, according to a recent study by Mexican researchers.
The study's surveillance data come from six Mexican hospitals and cover 4,778 people with symptoms of diseases such as influenza or other respiratory illness.
The results of the study showed the following:
43% of people have flu-like illness
16.3% have a positive influenza test.
55.2% positive for another respiratory virus
28.5% "have not suffered respiratory virus"
The researchers found that hospital risk was lower in patients whose BMI was in the "normal" weight range and was higher in those who were thin and those who were obese.
The lead author of the study, Dr. "John Beagle", director of facilities of the National Laboratory of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNIAIDIn Bethesda, these population studies have linked overweight with obesity, premature death, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
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