The J‐shaped relationship between body mass index and mortality in patients with <scp>COVID</scp> ‐19: A dose‐response meta‐analysis
Huei‐Kai Huang, Khulood Bukhari, Carol Chiung‐Hui Peng, Duan‐Pei Hung, Ming‐Chieh Shih, Rachel Huai‐En Chang, Shu‐Man Lin, Kashif M. Munir, Yu‐Kang Tu
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The peer review history for this article is available at https://publons.com/publon/10.1111/dom.14382. The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Table S1. Quality assessment of the included cohort studies using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale Figure S1. PRISMA flow diagram of the literature search and article selection Figure S2. Forest plot of the relative risk of mortality for highest versus lowest categories of body mass index in COVID-19 patients Figure S3. Funnel plot to assess publication bias in studies comparing mortality between highest versus lowest categories of body mass index in COVID-19 patients Figure S4. The leave-one-out sensitivity analysis of the relative risk of mortality for highest versus lowest categories of body mass index in COVID-19 patients with each study omitted individually one at a time Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.