Is COVID-19 another case of the obesity paradox? Results from an international ecological study on behalf of the REPROGRAM Consortium Obesity study group

Is COVID-19 another case of the obesity paradox? Results from an international ecological study on behalf of the REPROGRAM Consortium Obesity study group

Introduction Obesity has emerged as one of the major risk factors of severe morbidity and cause-specific mortality among severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected individuals. Patients with obesity also have overlapping cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, which make the...

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Main Authors: Sonu Bhaskar, Sanja Jovanovic, Anubhav Katyal, Narayanan K. Namboodiri, Dimitrios Chatzis, Maciej Banach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2021-05-01
Series:Archives of Medical Science
Subjects:
coronavirus 2019 (covid-19)
obesity
metabolic disease
non-communicable diseases (ncds)
demographics
Online Access:https://www.archivesofmedicalscience.com/Is-COVID-19-another-case-of-the-obesity-paradox-Results-from-an-international-ecological,136447,0,2.html

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