Obesity is Associated with Increased Risk for Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID‐19
Obesity2020Vol. 28(10), pp. 1806–1810
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Natasha N. Pettit, Erica MacKenzie, Jessica P. Ridgway, Kenneth Pursell, Daniel Ash, Bhakti K. Patel, Mai T. Pho
Abstract
Obesity was found to be a significant predictor for mortality among inpatients with COVID-19 after adjusting for age, gender, and other comorbidities. Patients with obesity were also more likely to present with hypoxemia.
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