Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome Components and COVID-19 Disease Severity in Hospitalized Patients: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preliminary data suggest that patients with comorbidities are more susceptible to severe COVID-19 infection. However, data regarding the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with COVID-19 are scarce.

Aim

In the present study, we aim to investigate the association between MetS components and disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Methods

We conducted a prospective observational study of 90 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia at a tertiary hospital. The study population consisted of inpatients who tested positive by the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2. Patients with critical COVID-19 disease on admission were excluded. Adult Treatment Panel III of the National Cholesterol Education Pr

SUBMITTER: Erman H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9433267 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature