title: Comorbidity or covert advantage? The obesity conundrum*.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; and, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wunsch
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality*