Obesity in COVID-19 era, implications for mechanisms, comorbidities, and prognosis: a review and meta-analysis

SMM Aghili, M Ebrahimpur, B Arjmand… - International journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Recent studies have shown that obesity is associated with the severity of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We reviewed clinical studies to clarify the obesity …

Obesity in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Huang, Y Lu, YM Huang, M Wang, W Ling, Y Sui… - Metabolism, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Obesity is common in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The
effects of obesity on clinical outcomes of COVID-19 warrant systematical investigation …

The negative impact of obesity on the occurrence and prognosis of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Raeisi, H Mozaffari, N Sepehri, M Darand… - Eating and Weight …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is an emerging pandemic, with a disease
course varying from asymptomatic infection to critical disease resulting to death. Recognition …

Obesity aggravates COVID‐19: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

J Yang, J Hu, C Zhu - Journal of medical virology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity and COVID‐19 are both worldwide epidemics now. There may be some potential
relationships between them, but little is known. This study was done to explore this …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and obesity: overlapping of two pandemics

MA Gammone, N D'Orazio - Obesity Facts, 2021 - karger.com
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has recently led to
worldwide research efforts to identify subjects at greater risk of developing more severe …

Obesity is associated with worse outcomes in COVID‐19: analysis of early data from New York City

K Hajifathalian, S Kumar, C Newberry, S Shah… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has triggered a rapidly
expanding global pandemic in which patients exhibit a wide spectrum of disease severity …

Obesity a predictor of outcomes of COVID‐19 hospitalized patients—a systematic review and meta‐analysis

P Malik, U Patel, K Patel, M Martin… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic is a global health crisis. Very few
studies have reported association between obesity and severity of COVID‐19. In this meta …

COVID-19 and obesity: dangerous liaisons

G Caci, A Albini, M Malerba, DM Noonan… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Besides advanced age and the presence of multiple comorbidities as major contributors to
increased risk of severe disease and fatal outcome from Severe Acute Respiratory …

[PDF][PDF] Obesity in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JSY Ho, DI Fernando, MY Chan, CH Sia - Ann Acad Med Singap, 2020 - annals.edu.sg
Objective: Obesity has been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes in viral
infections such as influenza, but previous studies on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Obesity is a potential risk factor contributing to clinical manifestations of COVID-19

Z Kang, S Luo, Y Gui, H Zhou, Z Zhang… - International journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Background Since December 2019, novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)-induced
pneumonia (COVID-19) occurred in Wuhan, and rapidly spread throughout China. COVID …