Association of body mass index with COVID-19 related in-hospital death.

ABSTRACT: Patients with extreme body mass indices (BMI) could have an increased risk of death while hospitalized for COVID-19. The database of the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) was used to assess the time to in-hospital death with competing-risks regression by sex and between the categories of BMI. Data from 12,137 patients (age 60.0 ± 16.2 years, 59% males, BMI 29.4 ± 6.9 kg/m2) of 48 countries were available. By univariate analysis, underweight patients had a higher risk of mortality than the other patients (sub-hazard ratio (SHR) 1.75 [1.44-2.14]). Mortality was lower in normal (SHR 0.69 [0.58-0.85]), overweight (SHR 0.53 [0.43-0.65]) and obese (SHR 0.55 [0.44-0.67]) than in underweight patients. Multivariable analysis (adjusted for age, chronic

SUBMITTER: Bouziotis J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8800162 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature