Dear Catia,

Maybe the following papers will help you:

Bramley AM, Reed C, Finelli L, Self WH, Ampofo K, Arnold SR, et al. Relationship between Body Mass Index and Outcomes among Hospitalized Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia. J Infect Dis. 2017 May 17. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix241. [Epub ahead of print]. https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/infdis/jix241/3830171/Relationship-between-Body-Mass-Index-and-Outcomes

Braun N, Hoess C, Kutz A, Christ-Crain M, Thomann R, Henzen C, et al. Obesity paradox in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: Is inflammation the missing link? Nutrition. 2017;33:304-310. http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S0899-9007(16)30159-9/pdf

Atamna A, Elis A, Gilady E, Gitter-Azulay L, Bishara J. How obesity impacts outcomes of infectious diseases. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017;36(3):585-591. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10096-016-2835-1

Shahunja KM, Ahmed T, Hossain MI, Das SK, Faruque AS, Islam MM, et al. Factors Associated With Pneumonia Among Overweight and Obese Under-Five Children in an Urban Hospital of a Developing Country. Glob Pediatr Health. 2016;3:2333794X16672528. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072332/pdf/10.1177_2333794X16672528.pdf

Koike H, Fujino T, Koike M, Shinohara M, Kitahara K, Kinoshita T, et al. Obesity Is Associated With the Development of Interstitial Pneumonia Under Long-Term Administration of Amiodarone in Refractory Atrial Fibrillation Patients. Int Heart J. 2016;57(1):30-4. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ihj/57/1/57_15-276/_pdf

Nie W, Zhang Y, Jee SH, Jung KJ, Li B1, Xiu Q. Obesity survival paradox in pneumonia: a meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2014;12:61. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021571/pdf/1741-7015-12-61.pdf

Fisher-Hoch SP, Mathews CE, McCormick JB. Obesity, diabetes and pneumonia: the menacing interface of non-communicable and infectious diseases. Trop Med Int Health. 2013;18(12):1510-9. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tmi.12206/epdf

Kahlon S, Eurich DT, Padwal RS, Malhotra A, Minhas-Sandhu JK, Marrie TJ, Majumdar SR. Obesity and outcomes in patients hospitalized with pneumonia. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013;19(8):709-16. http://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(14)61417-8/pdf

Best wishes from Germany,

Martin

Dear Martin, many thanks from Barcelona