Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Greater COVID-19 Severity
Wenzhou Medical University · First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · +10 more institutions
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Abstract
Figure 1-A: Prevalence of clinical subtypes of COVID-19 severity among infected patients with and without obesity. B: Association between increasing BMI
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11- FGFeng GaoCorresponding
Wenzhou Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
- KIKenneth I. Zheng
Wenzhou Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
- XWXiaobo Wang
Wenzhou Central Hospital
- QSQingfeng Sun
Wenzhou Medical University, Ruian People's Hospital
- KPKe-Hua Pan
Wenzhou Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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- Medicine
- Obesity
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Diabetes mellitus
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
- Risk factor
- Internal medicine
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Funding
- WMWenzhou Medical University
- NBNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Cancer ResearchAward: IS-BRC-20004
- NINational Institute for Health and Care ResearchAward: IS-BRC-20004
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAward: 81500665
- UDUniversità degli Studi di Verona