ArticleDiabetes & metabolic syndrome
Common factors of COVID-19 cases and deaths among the most affected 50 countries.
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- Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection: a test-negative case-control study with additional population controls in Norway.BMJ open · 2024Article
- [Main changes in the «COVID-19 in paediatrics» clinical practice guideline].Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) · 2022Article
- Main changes in the "COVID-19 in paediatrics" clinical practice guideline.Anales de pediatria · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimsThe Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a global pandemic requiring global responses. The objective of this paper is to identify the common factors of COVID-19 cases and deaths among the 50 most affected countries.
methodsWe performed Ordinary least squares among a wide range of socio-economic, environmental, climatic and health indicators to explain the number of cases and deaths.
resultsThe findings are: (i) obesity is the only significant global denominator for the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths; (ii) the percentage of the population over the age of 65 and number of hospital beds per 1000 population inversely correlated to mortality from COVID-19.
conclusionsObesity increases vulnerability to COVID-19 infections and mortality. Global awareness of obesity and social investment in health infrastructure are pre-requisite for a pandemic adaptive future. However, the study is limited to cross-sectional data of April 17, 2020.
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