Obesity, diabetes, hypertension and severe outcomes among inpatients with coronavirus disease 2019: a nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Initial studies of individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) revealed that obesity, diabetes and hypertension were associated with severe outcomes. Subsequently, some authors showed that the risk could vary according to age, gender, co-morbidities and medical history. In a nationwide retrospective cohort, we studied the association between these co-morbidities and patients' requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) or their death.

Methods

All French adult inpatients with COVID-19 admitted during the first epidemic wave (February to September 2020) were included. When patients were diagnosed with obesity, diabetes or hypertension for the first time in 2020, these conditions were considered as incident co-morbidities, otherwise they were consi

SUBMITTER: Bailly L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444420 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature