Differences in mortality rate among patients hospitalized with severe COVID‐19 according to their body mass index

• Main Authors: Alejandra Albarrán‐Sánchez (Author), Claudia Ramírez‐Rentería (Author), Juan C. Anda‐Garay (Author), Maura E. Noyola‐García (Author), Paolo Alberti‐Minutti (Author), Guillermo Flores‐Padilla (Author), Luis A. Guizar‐García (Author), Carlos E. Contreras‐García (Author), Daniel Marrero‐Rodríguez (Author), Keiko Taniguchi‐Ponciano (Author), Moises Mercado (Author), Aldo Ferreira‐Hermosillo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obesity has been described as a risk factor for COVID‐19 severity and mortality. Previous studies report a linear association between BMI and adverse outcomes, meanwhile in other critical illness, excessive fat tissue is related to improved survival. Whether different BMI is rela...