Surgical removal of tonsils and risk of COVID-19: a nested case–control study using data from UK Biobank and AMORIS Cohort
Surgical removal of tonsils may be associated with a lower risk of COVID-19. This association is unlikely attributed to alterations in common blood inflammatory, lipid and metabolic biomarkers.
Authors
- Karin Modig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5151-4867)
- Kejia Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1175-3580)
- Dang Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1287-7929)
- Yanping Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5047-6873)
- Niklas Hammar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5674-877X)
- Imre Janszky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7420-5461)
- Fang Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3310-6456)
- Zhe Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3938-4190)
- Maria Feychting
Institutions
- Guangxi University (CN)
- Guangxi Medical University (CN)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- First Affiliated Hospital of GuangXi Medical University (CN)
- Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03587-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.65
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Háskóli Íslands
- Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd