Long-term effects of malnutrition on severity of COVID-19

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis that has the potential to exacerbate worldwide malnutrition. This study examines whether patients with a history of malnutrition are predisposed to severe COVID-19. To do so, data on 103,099 COVID-19 inpatient encounters from 56 hospitals in t...

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Main Authors: Alec Kurtz, Kenneth Grant, Rachel Marano, Antonio Arrieta, William Feaster, Caroline Steele, Louis Ehwerhemuepha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94138-z