Misclassification of Obesity in Claims Data

Volume: 12, Issue: 11, Pages: e00423 - e00423
Published: Nov 1, 2021
Abstract
We read with interest the study by Singh et al. (1) examining the association between obesity and the risk of serious infections in biologic-treated patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Obesity was not associated with an increased risk of serious infections in patients with IBD treated with biologics (hazard ratio: 0.74, 95% confidence interval: 0.55, 1.01). Of interest, the unadjusted hazard ratio for this association was 1.15 (95%...
Paper Details
Title
Misclassification of Obesity in Claims Data
Published Date
Nov 1, 2021
Volume
12
Issue
11
Pages
e00423 - e00423
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