Clinical risk factors and blood protein biomarkers of 10-year pneumonia risk.

Ming-Ming LeeYi ZuoKatrina SteilingJoseph P MizgerdBindu KalesanAllan Jay Walkey

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

Here, we show that long-term pneumonia risks are associated with clinical characteristics and serum markers of inflammation. Our findings offer preliminary support to the hypothesis that chronic inflammation may be a marker of increased pneumonia risk.

Keyphrases

risk factors
oxidative stress
community acquired pneumonia
respiratory failure
binding protein