The role of visceral adiposity in the severity of COVID-19: Highlights from a unicenter cross-sectional pilot study in Germany

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Overall obesity has recently been established as an independent risk factor for critical illness in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The role of fat distribution and especially that of visceral fat, which is often associated with metabolic syndrome, remains unc...

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Autores principales: Petersen, Antonia, Bressem, Keno, Albrecht, Jakob, Thieß, Hans-Martin, Vahldiek, Janis, Hamm, Bernd, Makowski, Marcus R., Niehues, Alexandra, Niehues, Stefan M., Adams, Lisa C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7358176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32673651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154317

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7358176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32673651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154317

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