Impact of body mass index on the outcome of Japanese patients with cardiovascular diseases and/or risk factors hospitalized with COVID-19 infection

CONCLUSIONS: Obesity was associated with a stepwise increase in the risk of in-hospital mortality in Japanese patients with COVID-19 infection. The threshold BMI for the increased risk of a worse outcome was 30, which was much lower in comparison to Western countries.PMID:34625315 | PMC:PMC8479451 | DOI:10.1016/j.jjcc.2021.09.013

Source: Journal of Cardiology - October 9, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Takafumi Saito Tetsuo Yamaguchi Shunsuke Kuroda Takeshi Kitai Taishi Yonetsu Shun Kohsaka Sho Torii Koichi Node Shingo Matsumoto Yuya Matsue Takahide Kodama Source Type: research