Is excess weight a risk factor for the development of COVID 19 infection? A preliminary report from India

BACKGROUND AND AIM: This study explored the association between BMI and COVID-19 positive status in a tertiary care hospital from New Delhi. METHODS: Three hundred and seventy nine adult patients who presented to COVID-19 screening outpatient department of the hospital were interviewed over the phon...

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Autores principales: Ranjan, Piyush, Kumar, Arvind, Chowdhury, Souradeep, Pandey, Shivam, Choudhary, Aashish, Bhattacharya, Aakashneel, Singh, Amandeep, Pandey, Ravindra M., Wig, Naveet, Vikram, Naval K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Diabetes India. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7480221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32950851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.09.012
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Sumario:BACKGROUND AND AIM: This study explored the association between BMI and COVID-19 positive status in a tertiary care hospital from New Delhi. METHODS: Three hundred and seventy nine adult patients who presented to COVID-19 screening outpatient department of the hospital were interviewed over the phone regarding their body weight and height. The COVID-19 RT-PCR report of the patients was extracted from the hospital information system. RESULTS: The mean BMI and the prevalence of obesity was observed to be higher in individuals who were detected to be COVID-19 RT-PCR positive as compared to those who were negative. With every one-unit increment in BMI above 23 kg/m(2), the odds of being COVID-19 positive increased by 1.8 times among these patients. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest a dose-response association between BMI and the odds of COVID-19 infection in individuals with excess weight.

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