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SynthesisObesity research & clinical practice

Impact of obesity on hospitalizations and mortality, due to COVID-19: A systematic review.

João Vitor Vieira de Siqueira, Lucas Garrido Almeida, Bruno Otávio Zica, Ingred Batista Brum, Alberto Barceló, Arise Garcia de Siqueira Galil

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Synthesis in Obesity research & clinical practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

João Vitor Vieira de SiqueiraFederal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Electronic address: joao.vieira.siqueira@gmail.com.
Lucas Garrido AlmeidaFederal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Electronic address: lucasgarridoa@gmail.com.
Bruno Otávio ZicaFederal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Electronic address: brunoziica8@gmail.com.
Ingred Batista BrumFederal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Electronic address: brum.ingred@gmail.com.
Alberto BarcelóDepartment of Public Health Science, University of Miami, FL, USA and Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address: alberto.barcelo@ufjf.edu.br.
Arise Garcia de Siqueira GalilInternship Department - Medical School, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Electronic address: galilarise@gmail.com.
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the current review was to assess whether there was an association between obesity and higher levels of hospitalization, poor outcomes and mortality due to the disease of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). METHODOLOGY: A systematic review of articles on the novel coronavirus, containing information on obesity and its association with COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. In the bibliographic research, four databases were used, with the terms ['COVID-19'] AND ['hospitalization'] AND ['obesity'] AND ['mortality']. Studies published from 12/01/2019 until 05/01/2020 were included. The research contains inclusive criteria targeting studies of humans adults infected by Sars-Cov-2, with or without comorbidities. This research was selected from publications in Spanish and English languages.

results96 articles were identified, 15 being presented in two databases. Twenty articles were included, with a population total estimated from 1 to 7671 patients, with a prevalence of obesity ranging from 13.3% to 68.6%. The association of obesity and mortality has been observed in at least 4 studies, that 85.3% of the population was hospitalized. Among 19 of the 20 studies, more severe forms of the disease were observed and in 14 of them, higher rates of complications among obese people infected with the new coronavirus. Limitation differences in the definition of obesity was observed among publications, of which obesity was considered from a body mass index >25 kg/m².

conclusionsIn the current review, obesity and overweight were represented an unfavorable factor for infection of novel coronavirus, where the higher the BMI the worse the outcomes. This occurred by worsening the infection itself, as well as increasing the prevalence of hospitalizations, worst outcomes and greater lethality; especially when co-occurring with other chronic conditions and in the elderly as well. Given this evidence, greater attention is suggested to the obese and overweight population in the face of the current pandemic.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusAdultAgedBody Mass IndexCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityOverweightPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPrevalenceCOVID-19HospitalizationMortalityObesity

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PMID32736969
PMCPMC7377684
OpenAlexW3044361463

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