Height, Weight, Tuberculous Infection, and Tuberculous Disease
| Autor: | Carroll E. Palmer, Francis A. Acquaviva, Lydia B. Edwards, Verna T. Livesay |
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| Rok vydání: | 1971 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Body height Disease Overweight Body weight Mycobacterium tuberculosis Internal medicine medicine Humans Environmental Chemistry Tuberculin test General Environmental Science biology Somatotypes Tuberculin Test business.industry Body Weight Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Health Surveys Body Height Immunology Underweight medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal. 22:106-112 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9896 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00039896.1971.10665820 |
| Popis: | Investigation of body build and its relation to prior tuberculous infection and to subsequent tuberculous disease was carried out among 823,199 recruits who entered the navy from 1958 through 1967. Results confirm earlier studies which showed that body build is associated with tuberculosis. Morbidity Increased with height and decreased with weight. In addition, physique is not associated with the likelihood of becoming infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The very substantial association between body build and tuberculosis is concentrated on the susceptibility of the individual to develop recognizable disease after he has been infected. Morbidity is over three times greater for underweight than for overweight men, while the frequency of infection in the two groups is the same. It is suggested that body build and susceptibility to developing tuberculous disease are interrelated familial or stock traits. |
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