Impact of visceral fat on the prognosis of coronavirus disease 2019: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clarification of the risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity is strongly warranted for global health. Recent studies have indicated that elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with unfavorable progression of COVID-19. This is assumed to be due to excessive deposition of visceral adipose tissue (VAT); however, the evidence investigating the association between intra-abdominal fat and COVID-19 prognosis is sparse. We therefore investigated whether measuring the amount of intra-abdominal fat is useful to predict the prognosis of COVID-19.

Methods

The present study enrolled 53 consecutive cases of COVID-19 patients aged ≥ 20 years with chest computed tomography (CT) scans. The VAT area, total adipose tissue (TAT) area, and VAT/TAT ratio wer

SUBMITTER: Ogata H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8660963 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature