Computed Tomography Highlights Increased Visceral Adiposity Associated With Critical Illness in COVID-19

Sofia Battisti^{1

2

3}, Claudio Pedone⁴, Nicola Napoli^{5

6}, Emanuele Russo⁷, Vanni Agnoletti⁷, Stefano Geniere Nigra⁸, Caterina Dengo¹, Martina Mughetti¹, Caterina Conte⁹, Paolo Pozzilli^{5

10}, Emanuela Giampalma¹, Rocky Strollo¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Department, AUSL Romagna M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
² Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy.
³ Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale (DIMES), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
⁷ Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, AUSL Romagna M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
⁸ Emergency Department, Dipartimento Chirurgico e Grandi Traumi, AUSL Romagna M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
⁹ Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Roma Open University, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Centre for Immunobiology, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
¹¹ Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy r.strollo@unicampus.it.

Sofia Battisti et al. Diabetes Care. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;43(10):e129-e130.

doi: 10.2337/dc20-1333. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

¹ Radiology Department, AUSL Romagna M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
² Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy.
³ Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale (DIMES), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
⁷ Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, AUSL Romagna M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
⁸ Emergency Department, Dipartimento Chirurgico e Grandi Traumi, AUSL Romagna M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
⁹ Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Roma Open University, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Centre for Immunobiology, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
¹¹ Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy r.strollo@unicampus.it.

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