The relationship between obesity, hemoglobin A1c and the severity of COVID-19 at an urban tertiary care center in New York City: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if obesity and diabetes are risk factors for severe outcomes in COVID-19 and to compare patient outcomes in those two conditions.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Urban tertiary care center in New York City.

Participants

302 patients admitted in an inpatient setting, ≥18 years old, with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 via nasal PCR swab were randomly selected. Patients were separated into two cohorts based on their body mass index and hemoglobin A1c. 150 patients were placed in the non-obese, non-diabetic cohort and 152 patients were placed in the corresponding cohort (obesity alone, obesity and diabetes, and diabetes alone).

Measurements

Primary outcomes were development of acute kidney injury, commencement

SUBMITTER: Randhawa G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7852070 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature