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Review
. 2020 Sep;95(9):2040-2042.
doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.06.046. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Association of Obesity With More Critical Illness in COVID-19

Abhishek Sharma  1 , Akash Garg  2 , Amit Rout  3 , Carl J Lavie  4
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Review

Association of Obesity With More Critical Illness in COVID-19

Abhishek Sharma et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Sep.
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Forest plot comparing the odds of critical illness between obese (body mass index >30 kg/m2) vs nonobese (body mass index <30 kg/m2) patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 19 infection. M-H = Mantel-Haenszel test.
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