ArticleCardiovascular endocrinology & metabolism2020
Obese communities among the best predictors of COVID-19-related deaths.
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- COVID-19 infection and body weight: A deleterious liaison in a J-curve relationship.Obesity research & clinical practicePooled it
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- Changes in Depressive Symptoms, Perceived Stress, and Food Security Among Study Participants With Metabolic Syndrome During a COVID-19-Mandated Research Pause.Preventing chronic disease · 2022Article
- Socio-cultural Correlates of the COVID-19 Outcomes.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2022Article
- Testosterone as a Biomarker of Adverse Clinical Outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Demography, inequalities and Global Health Security Index as correlates of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.The International journal of health planning and management · 2022Article
- Shedding light on vitamin D: the shared mechanistic and pathophysiological role between hypovitaminosis D and COVID-19 risk factors and complications.Inflammopharmacology · 2021Review
- Obesity May Not Be Associated with 28-Day Mortality, Duration of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Length of Intensive Care Unit and Hospital Stay in Critically Ill Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Observational
- Evaluating the plausible application of advanced machine learnings in exploring determinant factors of present pandemic: A case for continent specific COVID-19 analysis.The Science of the total environment · 2021Article
- Health Benefits of Plant-Based Nutrition: Focus on Beans in Cardiometabolic Diseases.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Individualism and Egalitarianism Can Kill: How Cultural Values Predict Coronavirus Deaths Across the Globe.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- A multicenter consensus: A role of furin in the endothelial tropism in obese patients with COVID-19 infection.Obesity medicine · 2020Review
- Investigating the Potential for Ultraviolet Light to Modulate Morbidity and Mortality From COVID-19: A Narrative Review and Update.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2020Review
- Clinical outcomes and inflammatory marker levels in patients with Covid-19 and obesity at an inner-city safety net hospital.PloS one · 2020Article
- Covid-19 Mortality: A Matter of Vulnerability Among Nations Facing Limited Margins of Adaptation.Frontiers in public healthArticle
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the largest outbreak to strike the world since the Spanish flu in 1918. Visual examination of the world map shows a wide variation of death tolls between countries. The main goal of our series is to determine the best predictors of such discrepancy.
methodsThis is a retrospective study in which the rate of COVID-19 deaths was correlated with each of the following independent variables: total tests per 1 million population, gross domestic product (GDP), average temperatures per country, ultraviolet index, median age, average BMI per country, food supply, Bacille Calmette-Guerin compulsory status, and passenger traffic.
resultsBMI per country proved to be the second best predictor of death rate with an
conclusionThis article shows a tight correlation between average BMI, food supply per country, and COVID-19-related deaths. Such predisposing factors might operate by upregulating the inflammation pathway in heavily struck countries, leading to easier triggering of the infamous cytokine storm syndrome. Obesity also increases cardiovascular and respiratory morbidities, which are coupled to increased ICU demand and deaths among infected cases.Video abstract: http://links.lww.com/CAEN/A25.
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