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Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Greater COVID-19 Severity

Year: 2020

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has attracted increasing worldwide attention. Obesity commonly aggravates the severity of respiratory diseases, but it is currently not known whether obese patients are also more likely to have greater COVID-19 severity of illness. We investigated the association between obesity and COVID-19 severity of illness among patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Source: Diabetes Care

DOI: 10.2337/dc20-0682

Authors: Feng Gao, Kenneth I. Zheng, Xiao-Bo Wang, Qing-Feng Sun, Ke-Hua Pan, Ting-Yao Wang, Yong-Ping Chen, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, Jacob George, Ming-Hua Zheng

Institutions: First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Ruian People's Hospital, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Southampton General Hospital, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Wenzhou Medical University

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Wenzhou Medical University, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Cancer Research, National Institute for Health and Care Research, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Università degli Studi di Verona

Awards: G3290609987, G4492105040, G8329242227

OpenAlex ID: W3025190337

FWCI: 16.01

Cites: 3

Cited by: 502

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