Association of Obesity with Disease Severity Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019.
Markos KalligerosFadi ShehadehEvangelia K MylonaGregorio BenitezCurt G BeckwithPhilip A ChanEleftherios MylonakisPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)
In our analysis, severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 ) was associated with ICU admission, whereas history of heart disease and obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ) were independently associated with the use of IMV. Increased vigilance and aggressive treatment of patients with obesity and COVID-19 are warranted.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- weight gain
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- body mass index
- intensive care unit
- skeletal muscle
- pulmonary hypertension
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- early onset
- mechanical ventilation
- smoking cessation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome