Association of obesity with COVID-19 severity and mortality: an updated systemic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression

R Singh, SS Rathore, H Khan, S Karale… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Obesity affects the course of critical illnesses. We aimed to estimate the
association of obesity with the severity and mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Overweight and obesity as risk factors for COVID-19-associated hospitalisations and death: systematic review and meta-analysis

W Sawadogo, M Tsegaye, A Gizaw… - BMJ nutrition, prevention …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To quantify the current weight of evidence of the association between overweight
and obesity as risk factors for COVID-19-related hospitalisations (including hospital …

Sexual dimorphism in COVID-19: potential clinical and public health implications

N Bechmann, A Barthel, A Schedl, S Herzig… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Current evidence suggests that severity and mortality of COVID-19 is higher in men than in
women, whereas women might be at increased risk of COVID-19 reinfection and …

Understanding the co-epidemic of obesity and COVID-19: current evidence, comparison with previous epidemics, mechanisms, and preventive and therapeutic …

M Dalamaga, GS Christodoulatos, I Karampela… - Current obesity …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of Review A growing body of evidence suggests that obesity and increased visceral
adiposity are strongly and independently linked to adverse outcomes and death due to …

Nutritional management of individuals with obesity and COVID-19: ESPEN expert statements and practical guidance

R Barazzoni, SC Bischoff, L Busetto, T Cederholm… - Clinical nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemics has created unprecedented challenges and threats to patients
and healthcare systems worldwide. Acute respiratory complications that require intensive …

Mechanisms contributing to adverse outcomes of COVID-19 in obesity

M Sudhakar, SB Winfred, G Meiyazhagan… - Molecular and cellular …, 2022 - Springer
A growing amount of epidemiological data from multiple countries indicate an increased
prevalence of obesity, more importantly central obesity, among hospitalized subjects with …

Antibody responses to COVID‐19 vaccination in people with obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

X Ou, J Jiang, B Lin, Q Liu, W Lin… - Influenza and Other …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 vaccine is critical in preventing SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and transmission.
However, obesity's effect on immune responses to COVID‐19 vaccines is still unknown. We …

COVID-19 infection and body weight: A deleterious liaison in a J-curve relationship

AS Manolis, AA Manolis, TA Manolis… - Obesity Research & …, 2021 - Elsevier
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, obesity has been shown to be an
independent risk factor for high morbidity and mortality. Obesity confers poor outcomes in …

Body composition predictors of outcome in patients with COVID-19

KM Bunnell, T Thaweethai, C Buckless… - International journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Background/Objective Obesity is a strong risk factor for adverse outcomes in
patients hospitalized with COVID-19, however, the distribution of fat and the amount of …

Endocrine disorders and COVID-19

SH Oguz, BO Yildiz - Annual review of medicine, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The multifaceted interaction between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the
endocrine system has been a major area of scientific research over the past two years …