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SUBMITTER: Kim SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7764883 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim So Young SY Yoo Dae-Myoung DM Min Chanyang C Wee Jee Hye JH Kim Joo-Hee JH Choi Hyo Geun HG
International journal of environmental research and public health 20201214 24
Previous studies have reported the association of obesity with increased morbidity or mortality due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aims to investigate the relationship of obesity, as defined by the body mass index (BMI), with morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19. Data from 5628 confirmed COVID-19 patients were collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Korea. The hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality in the BMI groups were analyzed using the Cox proport ...[more]