Association between Body Mass Index and Hepatitis B antibody seropositivity in children.
Conclusion: There was a significant association between anti-HBs titer and BMI Z-score after adjusting for age and gender. Our results indicate that BMI is a potential factor affecting anti-HBs titer in healthy children.
PMID: 31401825 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Korean Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Korean J Pediatr Source Type: research
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