Not Quite a Fever, But Still A Mortality Risk Marker?
Observational data make the case in apparently healthy population
The reference temperature of 98.6°F (37°C) inadequately describes the variation in normal body temperatures, an observational study found.
After controlling for factors like age and race, every unexplained 0.149°C increase in body temperature was linked to 8.4% relative greater odds of mortality within the year, or an absolute increase of 0.52% (P=0.014) among patients seen at outpatient clinics of a large academic hospital in 2009-2014 (n=35,488)./.../
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