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Obesity and impaired metabolic health in patients with COVID-19
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stefan, N., Birkenfeld, A. L., Schulze, M. B., & Ludwig, D. S.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- King's College London (GB)
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DE)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Stefan, Norbert
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Endocrinology
- Published
- 2020-04-23
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 341-342
- ISSN
- 1759-5029 (ISSN-L)
- 1759-5037
- PMC
- PMC7187148
- OpenAlex
- W3019371629
- Cited by
- 626
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 98 · 2021: 220 · 2020: 177
- FWCI
- 18.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature Reviews Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Site cant be reached (submittedVersion)
- PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Keywords
- obesity, COVID-19 pandemic, metabolic health, body mass index, glucose, insulin, severe COVID-19 risk, metabolic parameters
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Humans, Obesity, Pneumonia, Viral, Risk Factors, Global Health, Incidence, Coronavirus Infections, Metabolic Syndrome, Pandemics
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