Risk of COVID-19 for patients with obesity

Obes Rev. 2020 Jun;21(6):e13034. doi: 10.1111/obr.13034. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

Author

Radwan Kassir¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Bariatric Surgery, CHU Felix Guyon, Réunion, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: BMI; COVID-19; adipose; human angiotensin converting enzyme 2; obesity.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / enzymology
Obesity / immunology
Pandemics
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / metabolism
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Renin-Angiotensin System / physiology

Substances

Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
ACE2 protein, human
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2