The relationship between obesity, hemoglobin A1c and the severity of COVID-19 at an urban tertiary care center in New York City: a retrospective cohort study.
Gurchetan RandhawaKunzah A SyedKavish SinghSanchit V KundalSharad OliMichael SilverSumrah A SyedThanunthorn Suban Na AyutthayaShanado WilliamsZachary L LodatoVladimir RozvadovskiyStephan KamholzLawrence WolfPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
In patients hospitalised with COVID-19, those with obesity and/or diabetes were more likely to suffer severe complications, but had negligible differences in mortality. This highlights the importance of close monitoring of patients with these conditions and additional areas of research needed to explain the mortality findings.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- type diabetes
- sars cov
- tertiary care
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- weight loss
- cardiovascular events
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- high fat diet induced
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- glycemic control
- adipose tissue
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- drug induced