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Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Greater COVID-19 Severity
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has attracted increasing worldwide attention. Obesity commonly aggravates the severity of respiratory diseases, but it is currently not known whether obese patients are also more likely to have greater COVID-19 severity of illness. We investigated the association between obesity and COVID-19 severity of illness among patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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- Gao, F., Zheng, K. I., Wang, X.-B., Sun, Q.-F., Pan, K.-H., Wang, T.-Y., Chen, Y.-P., Targher, G., Byrne, C. D., George, J., & Zheng, M.-H.
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- Diabetes Care
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- American Diabetes Association
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- 2020-05-14
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- 43
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- e72-e74
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- 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-5548
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- W3025190337
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- en
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