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SUBMITTER: Zhou YJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7361853 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 20200705 9
The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has attracted increasing worldwide attention. While metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) affects a quarter of world population, its impact on COVID-19 severity has not been characterized. We identified 55 MAFLD patients with COVID-19, who were 1:1 matched by age, sex and obesity status to non-aged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected patients without MAFLD. Our results demonstrate that in patients aged ...[more]