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329. Severe Obesity: A Critical Risk Factor for In-Hospital Complications and Mortality in the Hispanic Population

BACKGROUND: Obesity, Diabetes mellitus type 2, race and other characteristics has been associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19 disease. The prevalence of obesity in the United States in 2017-2018 was 42.4%. Webb County, Texas with a 95.6% Hispanic population s...

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Autores principales: Baireddy, Moulika, Neppala, Sivaram, Sundarakumar, Dinesh Kumar, Santos, Hector
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8644362/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.531