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Relationship of age and obesity to disease severity. A, Distribution of age groups within disease severity groups, showing a predominance of older patients in the moderate and severe disease groups. B, Distribution of disease severity within obese patients as compared to nonobese patients showing a trend toward more severe disease in obese patients
