Obesity is a risk factor for greater COVID-19 severity
Obesity is a risk factor for greater COVID-19 severity
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has attracted increasing worldwide attention. Obesity commonly aggravates the severity of respiratory diseases, but it is currently not known whether obese patients are also more likely to have greater COVID-19 severity of illness. We investigated the association between obesity and COVID-19 severity of illness among patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Gao, Feng, Zheng, Kenneth I., Wang, Xiao-Bo, Sun, Qing-Feng, Pan, Ke-Hua, Wang, Ting-Yao, Targher, Giovanni, Byrne, Christopher, George, Jacob and Zheng, Ming-Hua
(2020)
Obesity is a risk factor for greater COVID-19 severity.
Diabetes Care, 43 (7), , [dc200682].
(doi:10.2337/dc20-0682).
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has attracted increasing worldwide attention. Obesity commonly aggravates the severity of respiratory diseases, but it is currently not known whether obese patients are also more likely to have greater COVID-19 severity of illness. We investigated the association between obesity and COVID-19 severity of illness among patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 April 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 May 2020
Published date: 1 July 2020
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439542
ISSN: 1935-5548
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Feng Gao
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Kenneth I. Zheng
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Xiao-Bo Wang
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Qing-Feng Sun
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Ke-Hua Pan
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Ting-Yao Wang
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Giovanni Targher
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Jacob George
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Ming-Hua Zheng
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