Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19 Infection: Multiple Potential Mechanisms

Circulation. 2020 Jul 7;142(1):4-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047659. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Authors

Naveed Sattar¹, Iain B McInnes², John J V McMurray¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (N.S., J.J.V.M.), University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
² Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation (I.B.M.), University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.

PMID: 32320270
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047659

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; diabetes type 2; lifestyle; obesity; race and ethnicity; thrombosis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
Body Mass Index
COVID-19
Cardiovascular Diseases / complications
Cardiovascular Diseases / pathology
Coronavirus Infections / etiology
Coronavirus Infections / pathology*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Lung / physiology
Obesity / complications
Obesity / pathology*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / etiology
Pneumonia, Viral / pathology*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2