Increased thymus weight in sudden infant death syndrome compared to controls: The role of sub-clinical infections.

Paul Nathan GoldwaterIgor A KelmansonBertis B Little

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2020)

When adjusted for confounders (age, body, and organ weights), SIDS victims have a significantly heavier thymus and brain compared to non-SIDS controls who died of trauma. This finding supports previously published studies that link infection to SIDS deaths.

Keyphrases

body mass index
physical activity
white matter
weight loss
resting state
case report
randomized controlled trial
trauma patients
body weight
blood brain barrier