Obesity in patients younger than 60 years is a risk factor for COVID-19 hospital admission

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 15, 2020, Pages 896-897

  Lighter, Jennifer ^a   Phillips, Michael ^a   Hochman, Sarah ^a   Sterling, Stephanie ^a   Johnson, Diane ^a   Francois, Fritz ^a   Stachel, Anna ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESE PATIENT; OBESITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; BETACORONAVIRUS; COMPLICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85083206301     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa415     Document Type: Letter

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