Excess body weight is an independent risk factor for severe forms of COVID-19

Few studies distinguished the independent role of overweight/obesity or their associated-comorbidities in the evolution towards severe forms of COVID-19. Obesity as a unifying risk factor for severe COVID-19 is an emerging hypothesis. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether excessive body weight per se, was a risk factor for developing a severe form of COVID-19.

Source: Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental - January 5, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: L éa Pietri, Roch Giorgi, Audrey Bégu, Manon Lojou, Marie Koubi, Raphael Cauchois, Rachel Grangeot, Noémie Dubois, Gilles Kaplanski, René Valéro, Sophie Béliard Source Type: research