2023
Body mass index and obesity-related behaviors in African American church-based networks: A social network analysis
Nam S, Jung S, Vlahov D, Latkin C, Kershaw T, Whittemore R. Body mass index and obesity-related behaviors in African American church-based networks: A social network analysis. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0281145. PMID: 36913354, PMCID: PMC10010537, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281145.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1988
Obesity and diabetes as risk factors for postoperative wound infections after cardiac surgery
Lillenfeld D, Vlahov D, Tenney J, McLaughlin J. Obesity and diabetes as risk factors for postoperative wound infections after cardiac surgery. American Journal Of Infection Control 1988, 16: 3-6. PMID: 3369746, DOI: 10.1016/0196-6553(88)90003-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative riskWound infectionRisk factorsControl groupMedian sternotomy wound infectionPostoperative wound infectionIndices of obesityCardiac surgery proceduresSternotomy wound infectionDate of operationPopulation control groupOdds ratio estimatesSecond control groupUndergoing surgeryCardiac surgeryDiabetes mellitusSternotomy infectionsOperative procedureMaryland hospitalsHigh riskSurgery proceduresNursing personnelInfectionEarly signsObesity