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Nonrespiratory Complications and Obesity in Patients Dying with COVID-19 in Italy.

Graziano OnderLuigi PalmieriNicola VanacoreMarina GiulianoSilvio Brusaferronull null
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)
In patients dying with COVID-19 in Italy, obesity is associated with an increased probability of nonrespiratory complications, particularly shock and acute renal failure. These associations seem stronger in younger than in older adults. Strategies should be put in place in patients with COVID-19 with obesity to prevent these complications.
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