Obesity is associated with severe disease and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a meta-analysis.
Zixin CaiYan YangJingjing ZhangPublished in: BMC public health (2021)
Patients with obesity may have a greater risk of infection, hospitalization, clinically severe disease, mechanical ventilation, ICU admission, and mortality due to COVID-19. Therefore, it is important to increase awareness of these associations with obesity in COVID-19 patients.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- mechanical ventilation
- insulin resistance
- sars cov
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- weight gain
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- cardiovascular events
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- emergency department
- early onset
- risk factors
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- body mass index
- cardiovascular disease
- respiratory failure
- coronary artery disease
- drug induced
- physical activity