Open AccessObesity and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19: Results From an Integrated Health Care Organization
Author(s) -
Sara Y. Tartof,
Lei Qian,
Vennis Hong,
Rong Wei,
Ron F. Nadjafi,
Heidi Fischer,
Zhuoxin Li,
Sally F. Shaw,
Susan Caparosa,
Claudia Nau,
Tanmai Saxena,
Günter Rieg,
Bradley Ackerson,
Adam L. Sharp,
Jacek Skarbinski,
Tej K. Naik,
Sanjana Murali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.839
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1539-3704
pISSN - 0003-4819
DOI - 10.7326/m20-3742
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , obesity , poisson regression , demography , retrospective cohort study , cohort , cohort study , gerontology , environmental health , population , sociology
Obesity, race/ethnicity, and other correlated characteristics have emerged as high-profile risk factors for adverse coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated outcomes, yet studies have not adequately disentangled their effects.