Association between metabolic syndrome and mortality in patients with COVID-19: A nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated the association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and mortality among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Korea.

Methods

We analyzed 3876 individuals aged ≥ 20 years who were confirmed with COVID-19 from January 1 to June 4, 2020 based on the Korea National Health Insurance Service (NHIS)-COVID-19 database and had undergone health examination by NHIS between 2015 and 2017. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were performed.

Results

Of total participants, the prevalence of MetS was 21.0% (n = 815). During 58.6 days of mean follow-up, 3.1 % (n = 120) of the participants died. Compared to individuals without MetS, COVID-19 patients with MetS had a significantly increased mortality risk after adjusting for confo

SUBMITTER: Park HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9618429 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature