public health surveillance Archives

Extreme obesity associated with higher risk of death for 2009 H1N1 patients

[EMBARGOED FOR JAN. 5, 2011] For those infected with the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, extreme obesity was a powerful risk factor for death, according to an analysis of a public health surveillance database. In a study to be published in t…

Visceral adiposity index directly correlated to viral load in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C

Researchers at the University of Palermo in Italy provide the evidence that a higher visceral adiposity index score — a new index of adipose dysfunction — has a direct correlation with viral load and is independently associated with both steatos…