How important is obesity as a risk factor for respiratory failure, intensive care admission and death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients? Results from a single Italian centre.
Matteo RottoliPaolo BernanteAngela BelvedereFrancesca BalsamoSilvia GarelliMaddalena GiannellaAlessandra CascavillaSara TedeschiStefano IannirubertoElena Rosselli Del TurcoTommaso TonettiVito Marco RanieriGilberto PoggioliLamberto ManzoliUberto PagottoPierluigi VialeMichele BartolettiPublished in: European journal of endocrinology (2020)
Obesity is a strong, independent risk factor for respiratory failure, admission to the ICU and death among COVID-19 patients. A BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 identifies a population of patients at high risk for severe illness, whereas a BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 dramatically increases the risk of death.
Keyphrases
- respiratory failure
- mechanical ventilation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- weight gain
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- sars cov
- weight loss
- body mass index
- emergency department
- end stage renal disease
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- ejection fraction
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- high fat diet induced
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity