Obese people are more than twice as likely to survive infectious disease than under-weight patients, a study claims.
一项研究表明，肥胖者在传染病中存活的几率比体重过轻者高出两倍以上。
The “obesity paradox” extends to pneumonia with obese patients up to 30 percent less likely to die.
“肥胖悖论”延伸至肺炎，肥胖者患肺炎死亡的可能性会降低30%。
Researchers looked at more than 18,000 patients admitted for infectious disease and their risk of death 90 days after discharge.
研究人员调查了1.8万多名因传染病住院的病人，以及他们出院后90天内的死亡风险。
They found underweight patients are 2.2 times more likely to die than normal weight people.
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