ReviewClinical medicine (London, England)2020
The potential impacts of obesity on COVID-19.
Review in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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67 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.
- COVID-19, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis and MicroRNA.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Association of Bariatric Surgery with Clinical Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in the Initial Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic.Obesity surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Retinol binding protein 4 enhances cellular cholesterol uptake to facilitate influenza A virus infection.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Tomographic features of lung damage associate with D-Dimer levels and further clinical outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Observational
- Evaluating the Severity of COVID-19 Infection in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Jordan.Pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Gestational weight gain during pregnancy is the risk factor for Omicron infection: a retrospective case-control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- The risk of COVID-19 in Cushing's disease is independently related to disease activity (hypercortisolism) and obesity.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Article
- Effect of an educational intervention on diet and physical activity among school-aged adolescents in Delhi -The i-PROMISe (PROMoting health literacy in Schools) Plus Study.Dialogues in health · 2023Article
- Plant-Based Diets and Risk of Hospitalization with Respiratory Infection: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Comorbidities of COVID-19 Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Orthopedic Manifestations and Post-COVID-19 Infection.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2023Article
- Humoral Immunity of Unvaccinated COVID-19 Recovered vs. Naïve BNT162b2 Vaccinated Individuals: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Obesity Is Associated with Changes in Laboratory Biomarkers in Chilean Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Implications of obesity and adiposopathy on respiratory infections; focus on emerging challenges.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Review
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- The effect of body mass index on the morbidity and outcomes of COVID-19 in Iranian patients with multiple sclerosis.Current journal of neurology · 2023Article
- Infections and immunity: associations with obesity and related metabolic disorders.Journal of pathology and translational medicine · 2023Review
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- The impact of mean body mass index on reported mortality from COVID-19 across 181 countries.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Obese patients are at increased risk of exacerbations from viral respiratory infections. During the H1N1 pandemic, obesity was associated with an increased risk of influenza-associated intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death, longer duration of mechanical ventilation, and longer duration of ICU and hospital length of stay compared with the non-obese. These observations have raised a concern about the correlation between obesity and the current COVID-19 pandemic. In this review, we have outlined the potential impacts of obesity on respiratory physiology and the function of both innate and adaptive immune responses. Also, it has been clearly illustrated that obese patients are potentially more vulnerable to COVID-19 and more contagious than lean patients. The comorbidities associated with obesity were found to be correlated with a severe clinical course of COVID-19 and increased mortality and high BMI has been shown to be correlated with hospitalisation, the need for mechanical ventilation and non-survival. The review also sheds light on the challenges that obese patients pose for healthcare providers inside and outside ICUs.
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