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Analyses of abdominal adiposity and metabolic syndrome as risk factors for respiratory distress in COVID-19

BACKGROUND: Several characteristics of the metabolic syndrome, such as obesity and hypertension, have emerged as risk factors for a poor clinical outcome in COVID-19. However, most reports lack data on the metabolic syndrome itself. This study investigated prospectively the relationship between resp...

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Autores principales: van Zelst, Cathelijne M, Janssen, Matthijs L, Pouw, Nadine, Birnie, Erwin, Castro Cabezas, Manuel, Braunstahl, Gert-Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7745457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33328246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000792