Visceral fat shows the strongest association with the need of intensive care in patients with COVID-19

BACKGROUND: Obesity was recently identified as a major risk factor for worse COVID-19 severity, especially among the young. The reason why its impact seems to be less pronounced in the elderly may be due to the concomitant presence of other comorbidities. However, all reports only focus on BMI, an i...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Mikiko, Caruso, Damiano, Tuccinardi, Dario, Risi, Renata, Zerunian, Marta, Polici, Michela, Pucciarelli, Francesco, Tarallo, Mariarita, Strigari, Lidia, Manfrini, Silvia, Mariani, Stefania, Basciani, Sabrina, Lubrano, Carla, Laghi, Andrea, Gnessi, Lucio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
Materias:
COVID-19 in Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7377788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32712222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154319

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