The association between body mass index class and coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

A growing body of data suggests that obesity influences coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our study's primary objective was to assess the association between body mass index (BMI) categories and critical forms of COVID-19.

Subjects/methods

Data on consecutive adult patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 at Amiens University Hospital (Amiens, France) were extracted retrospectively. The association between BMI categories and the composite primary endpoint (admission to the intensive care unit or death) was probed in a logistic regression analysis.

Results

In total, 433 patients were included, and BMI data were available for 329: 20 were underweight (6.1%), 95 have a normal weight (28.9%), 90 were overweight (27.4%), and 124 wer

SUBMITTER: Al-Salameh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7679236 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature