ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020
Overweight, obesity, and risk of hospitalization for COVID-19: A community-based cohort study of adults in the United Kingdom.
Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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127 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 256 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Prognostic factors for mortality, intensive care unit and hospital admission due to SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies in Europe.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of consuming a Mediterranean style diet on associated COVID-19 severity biomarkers in obese/overweight adults: A systematic review.Nutrition and health · 2022Pooled it
- Baseline physical activity is associated with reduced mortality and disease outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Reviews in medical virology · 2022Pooled it
- Weight-loss interventions for improving emotional eating among adults with high body mass index: A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Pooled it
- Association of Obesity With COVID-19 Severity and Mortality: An Updated Systemic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Pre-existing health conditions and severe COVID-19 outcomes: an umbrella review approach and meta-analysis of global evidence.BMC medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Diabetes and Overweight/Obesity Are Independent, Nonadditive Risk Factors for In-Hospital Severity of COVID-19: An International, Multicenter Retrospective Meta-analysis.Diabetes care · 2021Pooled it
- ACC Health Policy Statement on Cardiovascular Disease Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2021Guideline
- Obesity and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the association between obesity and COVID-19.Epidemiology and infection · 2020Pooled it
- COVID-19 infection and body weight: A deleterious liaison in a J-curve relationship.Obesity research & clinical practicePooled it
- A nutritional web-based approach in obesity and diabetes before and during the COVID-19 lockdown.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of short-course colchicine treatment in hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia and hyperinflammation: a randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
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- T cell dysregulation and remodeling in pediatric obesity and weight loss.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A Unique Patient Stratification Method Combined with a Machine Learning Approach Identifies Novel Genetic Susceptibility and Protective Factors for Severe COVID-19 in a Hungarian Population.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Understanding the Burden of Coinfection: COVID-19 in Hospitalized Patients with Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Advanced HIV.Current HIV research · 2026Article
- Association between obesity with physical activity, eating behavior, sleep quality, general health, and the incidence of hypertension among women: a study in rural and nomadic population of western, Iran.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
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Abstract
The role of obesity and overweight in occurrence of COVID-19 is unknown. We conducted a large-scale general population study using data from a community-dwelling sample in England (
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