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Understanding the link between obesity and severe COVID-19 outcomes: Causal mediation by systemic inflammatory response.

Andrea S FoulkesCaitlin SelvaggiDaniel ShinnickHeidi LumishEunyoung KimTingyi CaoTanayott ThaweethaiJing QianFrances LuJoyce YanDavid ChengWei HeKevin J ClerkinMahesh V MadhavanJames B MeigsVirginia A TriantSteven A LubitzAakriti GuptaIngrid V BassettMuredach P Reilly
Published in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2021)
Findings support systemic inflammatory pathways in obesity-associated severe COVID-19 disease, particularly in patients <65 years, captured by CRP and ESR. Contextualized in clinical trials findings, these results reveal therapeutic opportunity to target systemic inflammatory pathways and monitor interventions in high-risk subgroups and particularly obese patients.
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