Obesity, Ethnicity, and Risk of Critical Care, Mechanical Ventilation, and Mortality in Patients Admitted to Hospital with COVID-19: Analysis of the ISARIC CCP-UK Cohort.
Thomas YatesFrancesco ZaccardiNazrul IslamCameron RaziehClare L GilliesClaire A LawsonYogini ChudasamaAlex RowlandsMelanie J DaviesAnnemarie B DochertyPeter J M OpenshawJ Kenneth BaillieMalcolm Gracie Semplenull nullKamlesh KhuntiPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)
Obesity was associated with an elevated risk of in-hospital COVID-19 outcomes in all ethnic groups, with associations strongest in Black ethnicities.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- healthcare
- weight gain
- acute care
- adverse drug
- cardiovascular events
- respiratory failure
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- risk factors
- adipose tissue
- emergency department
- cardiovascular disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- cross sectional
- coronary artery disease