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WEDNESDAY, April 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is associated with admission to the hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, according to a study published online April 9 in Clinical Infectious Diseases<\/i> and a study not yet peer reviewed and posted on medRxiv.org.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Lighter, M.D., from the NYU School of Medicine\/NYU Langone Health in New York City, and colleagues conducted a retrospective analysis of body mass index (BMI) stratified by age in symptomatic patients who were positive for COVID-19 during March 4 to April 4, 2020. The researchers found that 21 percent of the 3,615 individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 had a BMI of 30 to 34 kg\/m\u00b2 and 16 percent had a BMI \u226535 kg\/m\u00b2. Among patients aged <60 years, those with a BMI of 30 to 34 kg\/m\u00b2 were 2.0 and 1.8 times more likely to be admitted to acute and critical care, respectively, while those with a BMI of \u226535 kg\/m\u00b2 were 2.2 and 3.6 times more likely to be admitted, respectively, compared with those with a BMI <30 kg\/m\u00b2.<\/p>\n
Christopher M. Petrilli, M.D., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 4,103 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 treated at an academic health system between March 1 and April 2, 2020. The researchers found that the strongest risks for hospitalization were age \u226575 years, age 65 to 74 years, BMI >40 kg\/m\u00b2, and heart failure (odds ratios, 66.8, 10.9, 6.2, and 4.3, respectively). The most important factors in the decision tree for admission were age >65 years and obesity.<\/p>\n
“It is notable that the chronic condition with the strongest association with critical illness was obesity, with a substantially higher odds ratio than any cardiovascular or pulmonary disease,” Petrilli and colleagues write.<\/p>\n
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