The Effects of Obesity on Outcome in Preclinical Animal Models of Infection and Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background. Clinical studies suggest obesity paradoxically increases survival during bacterial infection and sepsis but decreases it with influenza, but these studies are observational. By contrast, animal studies of obesity in infection can prospectively compare obese versus nonobese controls. We p...

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Main Authors: Wanying Xu, Dominique Pepper, Junfeng Sun, Judith Welsh, Xizhong Cui, Peter Q. Eichacker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1508764
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