Body mass index and risk of dying from a bloodstream infection: A Mendelian randomization study
Rogne T, Solligård E, Burgess S, Brumpton BM, Paulsen J, Prescott HC, Mohus RM, Gustad LT, Mehl A, Åsvold BO, DeWan AT, Damås JK. Body mass index and risk of dying from a bloodstream infection: A Mendelian randomization study. PLOS Medicine 2020, 17: e1003413. PMID: 33196656, PMCID: PMC7668585, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHigher body mass indexBloodstream infectionsBSI incidenceBSI mortalityHazard ratioMass indexGeneral populationPopulation-based cohortAnalysis of patientsTerms of mortalityMendelian randomization studyTraditional epidemiological studiesMendelian randomization analysisObesity paradoxMean ageObservational studyEpidemiological studiesRandomization studyCausal associationSepsisMortalityPatientsInfectionRandomization analysis