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  • Risk of pneumonia in relation to body mass index in Australian Aboriginal people

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    Phung, DT
    Wang, Z
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Phung, Dung T.
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    This study examined the relationship between body mass index and the risk of pneumonia in Aboriginal Australians. A total of 677 adults aged 20-60 years were followed up from the baseline examination in 1992-1995 to June, 2012. The pneumonia events were identified through hospital records. The pneumonia incident rates were calculated according to BMI groups. The hazard ratios were computed using Cox regression adjusting for age, smoking and alcohol drinking status. The incident rate of pneumonia was 13.3 per 1000 person-years, and this rate was significantly higher among females than among males (RR, 1.5). Compared with the ...
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    This study examined the relationship between body mass index and the risk of pneumonia in Aboriginal Australians. A total of 677 adults aged 20-60 years were followed up from the baseline examination in 1992-1995 to June, 2012. The pneumonia events were identified through hospital records. The pneumonia incident rates were calculated according to BMI groups. The hazard ratios were computed using Cox regression adjusting for age, smoking and alcohol drinking status. The incident rate of pneumonia was 13.3 per 1000 person-years, and this rate was significantly higher among females than among males (RR, 1.5). Compared with the males with normal BMI (18.5-24.9 kg/m2), the adjusted hazard ratio was 3.5 for males with lowest BMI (p<0.01). Low BMI was significantly associated with a higher risk of hospitalized pneumonia among Aboriginal males. However, the U-shape trend of this association indicates that the risk of pneumonia is likely to be associated with both low and high BMI.
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    Journal Title
    Epidemiology and Infection
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268813000605
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    © 2013 Cambridge University Press. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
    Public Health and Health Services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/52401
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    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander