title: Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Mingbo Tian et al. concerning "Body mass index and risk of surgical site infection following spine surgery: a meta-analysis" by D.Y. Abdallah, M.M. Jadaan and J.P. McCabe; Eur Spine J, doi:10.1007/s00586-013-2890-6.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Physiotherapy, and Population Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, dima.abdallah@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dima Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.forename: Mutaz M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jadaan
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McCabe
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*
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