Emerging data suggest that obesity is a major risk factor for the progression of major
complications such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), cytokine storm and …

Purpose of the review We aim to review the methods, current research evidence, and future
directions in body composition analysis (BCA) with CT imaging. Recent findings CT images …

Background Obesity is a major risk factor for adverse outcomes after infection with SARS-
CoV-2. We aimed to examine this association, including interactions with demographic and …

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 …

Objective A higher BMI has become acknowledged as one of the important risk factors for
developing critical condition in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). In addition to BMI …

Objectives Recent studies suggested obesity to be a possible risk factor for COVID-19
disease in the wake of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection. However, the causality and …

Background The impact of body composition (BC) abnormalities on COVID-19 outcomes
remains to be determined. Objectives We summarized the evidence on BC abnormalities …

This study aims to examine the impact of periodontal disease in obesity on COVID-19
infection and associated outcomes. This retrospective longitudinal study included 58,897 UK …

A growing amount of epidemiological data from multiple countries indicate an increased
prevalence of obesity, more importantly central obesity, among hospitalized subjects with …

Background and aims Body mass index (BMI) has previously been shown to increase
mortality and disease severity in patients with COVID-19, but the pooled effect estimate was …