Determining whether ethnic minorities with severe obesity face a disproportionate risk of serious disease and death from COVID-19: outcomes from a Southern California-based retrospective cohort study

OBJECTIVE: Obesity has been recognised as a risk factor for poor outcomes associated with COVID-19. Ethnic minorities with COVID-19 have been independently found to fare poorly. We aim to determine if ethnic minorities with severe obesity—defined as a body mass index (BMI) above 40 kg/m²—experience...

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Autores principales: Patel, Hemesh Mahesh, Khandwala, Shefali, Somani, Poonam, Li, Qiaowu, Tovar, Stephanie, Montano, Alejandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
Materias:
Infectious Diseases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9243495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35768090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059132

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9243495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35768090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059132

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