Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Greater COVID-19 Severity
Feng Gao, Kenneth I. Zheng, Xiaobo Wang, Qingfeng Sun, Ke-Hua Pan, Ting-Yao Wang, Yong-Ping Chen, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, Jacob George, Ming‐Hua Zheng
Abstract
Figure 1-A: Prevalence of clinical subtypes of COVID-19 severity among infected patients with and without obesity. B: Association between increasing BMI
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MedicineObesityCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Diabetes mellitus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Risk factorInternal medicineBody mass indexBetacoronavirusDiseaseEndocrinologyVirologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity