Obesity is Associated with Increased Risk of New‐Onset Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A United States Population‐Based Cohort Study
David Hoying,
David C. Kaelber,
Mohamad R. Chaaban
Abstract:ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to determine the risk of a new‐encounter diagnosis of unspecified chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) 1 and 2 years following body mass index (BMI) classification of obesity utilizing a large‐population‐based analytics platform.Study DesignRetrospective cohort analysisSettingThe U.S. Collaborative Network within the TriNetX Analytics platform contains deidentified electronic health record (EHR)… Show more
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