Association between Obesity and Length of COVID-19 Hospitalization: Unexpected Insights from the American Heart Association National COVID-19 Registry.

William J CollinsAndrew Y ChangYingjie WengAlex DahlenConnor G O'BrienJason HomNeera AhujaFatima RodriguezNidhi Rohatgi

Published in: Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome (2022)

The model identified a dose-dependent, inverse relationship between BMI category and LOS for COVID-19, which was not seen when the model was applied to critically ill patients.

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