Obesity as an independent risk factor for COVID-19 severity and mortality.
Tadayon Najafabadi B, Rayner DG, Shokraee K, Shokraie K, Panahi P, Rastgou P, Seirafianpour F, Momeni Landi F, Alinia P, Parnianfard N, Hemmati N, Banivaheb B, Radmanesh R, Alvand S, Shahbazi P, Dehghanbanadaki H, Shaker E, Same K, Mohammadi E, Malik A, Srivastava A, Nejat P, Tamara A, Chi Y, Yuan Y, Hajizadeh N, Chan C, Zhen J, Tahapary D, Anderson L, Apatu E, Schoonees A, Naude CE, Thabane L, Foroutan F.
Tadayon Najafabadi B, et al.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 May 24;5(5):CD015201. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015201.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023.
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MAIN RESULTS: We identified 171 studies, 149 of which were included in meta-analyses. As compared to 'normal' BMI (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m(2)) or patients without obesity, those with obesity classes I (BMI 30 to 35 kg/m(2)), and II (BMI 35 to 40 kg/m(2)) were not a …
MAIN RESULTS: We identified 171 studies, 149 of which were included in meta-analyses. As compared to 'normal' BMI (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m( …