Influence of obesity on incidence of thrombosis and disease severity in patients with COVID-19: From the CLOT-COVID study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The influence of obesity on the development of thrombosis and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear.

Method

The CLOT-COVID study was a retrospective multicenter cohort study enrolling 2894 consecutive hospitalized patients with COVID-19 between April 2021 and September 2021 among 16 centers in Japan. The present study consisted of 2690 patients aged over 18 years with available body mass index (BMI), who were divided into an obesity group (BMI ≥30) (N = 457) and a non-obesity group (BMI <30) (N = 2233).

Results

The obesity group showed more severe status of COVID-19 at admission compared with the non-obesity group. The incidence of thrombosis was not significantly different between the groups (obesity group: 2.6 % versus non-obesit

SUBMITTER: Ogihara Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420713 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature