Sex-specific impact of severe obesity in the outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 : a large retrospective study from the Bronx, New York

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It has been demonstrated that obesity is an independent risk factor for worse outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Our objectives were to investigate which classes of obesity are associated with higher in-hospital mortality and to assess the association between obesity and systemic inflammation. This was a retrospective study which included consecutive hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a tertiary center. Three thousand five hundred thirty patients were included in this analysis (female sex: 1579, median age: 65 years). The median body mass index (BMI) was 28.8 kg/m2. In the overall cohort, a J-shaped association between BMI and in-hospital mortality was depicted. In the subgroup of men, BMI 35-39.9 kg/m2 and BMI ≥40 kg/m2 were found to have significant association with higher in-hospital mortality, while only BMI ≥40 kg/m2 was found significant in the subgroup of women. No significant association between BMI and IL-6 was noted. Obesity classes II and III in men and obesity class III in women were independently associated with higher in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19. The male population with severe obesity was the one that mainly drove this association. No significant association between BMI and IL-6 was noted.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

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European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 40(2021), 9 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 1963-1974

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guerson-Gil, Arcelia [VerfasserIn]
Palaiodimos, Leonidas [VerfasserIn]
Assa, Andrei [VerfasserIn]
Karamanis, Dimitris [VerfasserIn]
Kokkinidis, Damianos [VerfasserIn]
Chamorro-Pareja, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Kishore, Preeti [VerfasserIn]
Leider, Jason M [VerfasserIn]
Brandt, Lawrence J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
IL-6
Inflammation
Journal Article
Mortality
Novel coronavirus
Obesity
Observational study
Risk factor
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 16.08.2021

Date Revised 18.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10096-021-04260-z

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NLM325082553