Obesity and risk of COVID-19: analysis of UK Biobank

Whilst emerging evidence has suggested that those with cardiometabolic diseases are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 and resulting complications, less is known about the relative importance of related lifestyle factors. Obesity in particular is associated with impaired pulmonary function, a suppressed immune system and has been identified as a risk factor in previous infectious outbreaks [1]. Obesity also appears to be prevalent in subjects with COVID-19 [1,2]. However, as recently highlighted, there is a lack of information regarding the nature of association between body mass index (BMI) and COVID-19 [3].
Source: Primary Care Diabetes - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research