Association of Obesity With More Critical Illness in COVID-19

Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Sep;95(9):2040-2042. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.06.046. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Authors

Abhishek Sharma¹, Akash Garg², Amit Rout³, Carl J Lavie⁴

Affiliations

¹ Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI; Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Technology, Brooklyn, NY.
² Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ; Cardiovascular Institute, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.
³ Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute; Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Meta-Analysis
Review

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Critical Illness
Humans
Obesity / complications*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
SARS-CoV-2