Obesity and COVID-19 Severity in a Designated Hospital in Shenzhen, China

• Published in: Diabetes care Vol. 43; no. 7; pp. 1392 - 1398
• Main Authors: Cai, Qingxian, Chen, Fengjuan, Wang, Tao, Luo, Fang, Liu, Xiaohui, Wu, Qikai, He, Qing, Wang, Zhaoqin, Liu, Yingxia, Liu, Lei, Chen, Jun, Xu, Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Diabetes Association 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Betacoronavirus; Body Mass Index; Body weight; Cardiovascular diseases; China - epidemiology; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Comorbidity; Coronaviridae; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - physiopathology; Coronaviruses; Cough; COVID-19; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Female; Fever; Health services; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Hypertension; Liver cancer; Liver diseases; Lung diseases; Male; Medical treatment; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - physiopathology; Obstructive lung disease; Odds Ratio; Overweight; Overweight - epidemiology; Pandemics; Patients; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - physiopathology; Research design; Respiratory diseases; Risk Factors; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Signs and symptoms; Underweight; Viral diseases; China; Shenzhen China

Patients with obesity are at increased risk of exacerbations from viral respiratory infections. However, the association of obesity with the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unclear. We examined this association using data from the only referral hospital in Shenzhen, China. A total...