The role of visceral adiposity in the severity of COVID-19: highlights from a unicenter cross-sectional pilot study in Germany

Overall obesity has recently been established as an independent risk factor for critical illness in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The role of fat distribution and especially that of visceral fat, which is often associated with metabolic syndrome, remains unclear. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the association between fat distribution and COVID-19 severity.

Source: Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental - July 12, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Antonia Petersen, Keno Bressem, Jakob Albrecht, Hans-Martin Thie ß, Janis Vahldiek, Bernd Hamm, Marcus R. Makowski, Alexandra Niehues, Stefan Niehues, Lisa C. Adams Source Type: research