Body Mass Index and Risk for COVID-19-Related Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Death--United States, March-December 2020

Authors :: Kompaniyets, Lyudmyla
Goodman, Alyson B.
Belay, Brook
Freedman, David S.
Sucosky, Marissa S.
Lange, Samantha J.
Gundlapalli, Adi V.
Boehmer, Tegan K.
Blanck, Heidi M.
Source :: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. March 12, 2021, Vol. 70 Issue 10, p355, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: On March 8, 2021, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr). Obesity * is a recognized risk factor for severe COVID-19 (1,2), possibly [...]

Subjects :: Heart diseases -- Risk factors
Lung diseases -- Risk factors
Chronic diseases -- Risk factors
Type 2 diabetes -- Risk factors
Body mass index
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