Determinants of endothelial dysfunction in noncritically ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A cross-sectional study.

Alessandro Domingues HeubelAriane Aparecida VianaStephanie Nogueira LinaresVanessa Teixeira do AmaralNathany Souza SchafauserGustavo Yudi Orikassa de OliveiraPaula Camila RamírezBruno MartinelliTiago da Silva AlexandreAudrey Borghi SilvaEmmanuel Gomes CiolacRenata Gonçalves Mendes

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)

Increased BMI was the major factor associated with endothelial dysfunction in noncritically hospitalized COVID-19 patients. This may explain one of the pathways in which obesity may increase the risk for severe COVID-19.

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