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Metabolic health is more strongly associated with the severity and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 than obesity.
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ABSTRACT: Background
Obesity has been suggested to be associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, it is unclear whether obesity or metabolic abnormalities accompanied by obesity have a stronger association with COVID-19 risk.Methods
This study used the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency database, which includes information about the COVID-19 diagnosis and mortality dates of the entire Korean population between October 2020 and December 2021 (for diagnosis) or March 2022 (for mortality). A total of 24,310,283 adults were included and classified into four metabolic obesity phenotypes: (1) metabolically healthy and normal weight (MHNW), (2) metabolically unhealthy and normal weight (MUNW), (3) metabolically healthy and obese (MHO), and (4) metabolically unhealthy and obese (MUO). COVID-19 mortality and severity were compared according to metabolic obesity phenotypes in the total population and in each age group (20-<50 years, 50-<70 years, and ≥ 70 years). Additionally, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) after COVID-19 infection were compared according to metabolic obesity phenotypes.Results
A total of 3, 956, 807 participants (16.3%) were diagnosed with COVID-19 during the study period. Among them, metabolically unhealthy subjects had higher mortality rates than metabolically healthy subjects (0.81% for MUNW, 0.40% for MUO, 0.23% for MHNW, and 0.19% for MHO). The rates of severe hospitalized disease were also higher in metabolically unhealthy subjects than in healthy subjects (0.59% for MUNW, 0.55% for MUO, 0.19% for MHNW, and 0.31% for MHO). In the subgroup analyses by age, similar trends were observed in subjects aged 20-50 and 50-70 years, respectively. Additionally, the incidence of total MACE was increased in metabolically unhealthy individuals.Conclusions
The study shows that metabolic health is more strongly associated with COVID-19 mortality and severity than obesity, particularly in adults aged < 70 years.
SUBMITTER: Koo HY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342616 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Metabolic health is more strongly associated with the severity and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 than obesity.
Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique 20240823 1
<h4>Background</h4>Obesity has been suggested to be associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, it is unclear whether obesity or metabolic abnormalities accompanied by obesity have a stronger association with COVID-19 risk.<h4>Methods</h4>This study used the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency database, which includes information about the COVID-19 diagnosis and mortality dates of the entire Korean population between October 2020 and December 2021 (for diagnosis) or ...[more]