Obesity and Impaired Metabolic Health Increase Risk of COVID-19-Related Mortality in Young and Middle-Aged Adults to the Level Observed in Older People: The LEOSS Registry

Obesity and Impaired Metabolic Health Increase Risk of COVID-19-Related Mortality in Young and Middle-Aged Adults to the Level Observed in Older People: The LEOSS Registry

Advanced age, followed by male sex, by far poses the greatest risk for severe COVID-19. An unresolved question is the extent to which modifiable comorbidities increase the risk of COVID-19-related mortality among younger patients, in whom COVID-19-related hospitalization strongly increased in 2021....

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Main Authors: Norbert Stefan, Katrin Sippel, Martin Heni, Andreas Fritsche, Robert Wagner, Carolin E. M. Jakob, Hubert Preißl, Alexander von Werder, Yascha Khodamoradi, Stefan Borgmann, Maria Madeleine Rüthrich, Frank Hanses, Martina Haselberger, Christiane Piepel, Martin Hower, Jürgen vom Dahl, Kai Wille, Christoph Römmele, Janne Vehreschild, Melanie Stecher, Michele Solimena, Michael Roden, Annette Schürmann, Baptist Gallwitz, Martin Hrabe de Angelis, David S. Ludwig, Matthias B. Schulze, Bjoern Erik Ole Jensen, Andreas L. Birkenfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
obesity
diabetes
hypertension
impaired metabolic health
mortality
COVID-19
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.875430/full

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