Abdominal obesity phenotype is associated with COVID-19 chest X-ray severity score better than BMI-based obesity.
Alexis Elias MalavazosFrancesco SecchiSara BasilicoGloria CapitanioSara BoveriValentina MilaniCarola DubiniSimone SchiaffinoLelio MorriconeChiara FoschiniGiulia GobboRosangela PiccinniAlessandro SaibeneFrancesco SardanelliLorenzo MenicantiMarco GuazziChuanhui DongMassimiliano Marco Corsi RomanelliMichele CarrubaGianluca IacobellisPublished in: Eating and weight disorders : EWD (2021)
Abdominal obesity phenotype is associated with a high CXR severity score better than BMI-based obesity in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Therefore, when visiting the patient in a hospital setting, waist circumference should be measured, and patients with abdominal obesity should be monitored closely. Level of evidence Cross-sectional descriptive study, Level V.