High Prevalence of Obesity in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
Obesity2020Vol. 28(7), pp. 1195–1199
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Arthur Simonnet, Mikaël Chetboun, Julien Poissy, Violeta Raverdy, Jerome Noulette, Alain Duhamel, Julien Labreuche, Daniel Mathieu, François Pattou, M. Jourdain, the LICORN and the Lille COVID‐19 and Obesity study group
Abstract
The present study showed a high frequency of obesity among patients admitted in intensive care for SARS-CoV-2. Disease severity increased with BMI. Obesity is a risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 severity, requiring increased attention to preventive measures in susceptible individuals.
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