Relationship Between Body Composition and Death in Patients with COVID-19 Differs Based on the Presence of Gastrointestinal Symptoms.
Yael R NobelSteven H SuMichaela R AndersonLyndon LukJennifer L Small-SaundersGissette Reyes-SofferDympna GallagherDaniel E FreedbergPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2021)
Among patients with COVID-19, those without gastrointestinal symptoms showed the expected associations between mortality and low SMI, high IMATI, and trend toward higher VAT/SAT ratio, but those with gastrointestinal symptoms did not. Future studies should explore the mechanisms for the altered disease course in patients with COVID-19 who present with gastrointestinal symptoms.