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ArticleInfectious disease reports2021

Neck Circumference Predicts Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.

Stefano Di Bella, Verena Zerbato, Gianfranco Sanson, Erik Roman-Pognuz, Paolo De Cristofaro, Andrea Palermo, Michael Valentini, Ylenia Gobbo, Anna Wladyslawa Jaracz, Elizabeta Bozic Hrzica and 4 more

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Article in Infectious disease reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Sleep Deprivation, Immune Suppression and SARS-CoV-2 Infection.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Stefano Di BellaClinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Trieste University, 34149 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6121-7009
Verena ZerbatoInfectious Diseases Unit, Trieste University Hospital (ASUGI), 34125 Trieste, Italy.
Gianfranco SansonClinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Trieste University, 34149 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8319-635X
Erik Roman-PognuzClinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Trieste University, 34149 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0859-3424
Paolo De CristofaroClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Outpatient Clinic, 64021 Giulianova, Italy.
Andrea PalermoUnit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1143-4926
Michael ValentiniInfectious Diseases Unit, Trieste University Hospital (ASUGI), 34125 Trieste, Italy.
Ylenia GobboInfectious Diseases Unit, Trieste University Hospital (ASUGI), 34125 Trieste, Italy.
Anna Wladyslawa JaraczInfectious Diseases Unit, Trieste University Hospital (ASUGI), 34125 Trieste, Italy.
Elizabeta Bozic HrzicaInfectious Diseases Unit, Trieste University Hospital (ASUGI), 34125 Trieste, Italy.
Cristiane Campello Bresani-SalviLaboratory of Virology and Experimental Therapy, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Recife 50070-902, Brazil.
Alexandre Bezerra GalindoSchool of Health and Life Science, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife 50070-902, Brazil.
Sergio CrovellaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-8493-1168
Roberto LuzzatiClinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Trieste University, 34149 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5546-0715

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to determine whether neck circumference predicts mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure. We performed a prospective multicenter (Italy and Brasil) study carried out from March to December 2020 on 440 hospitalized COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure. Baseline neck circumference was measured. The study outcome was 30- and 60-days mortality. Female and male participants were classified as "large neck" when exceeding fourth-quartile. Patients had a median age of 65 years (IQR 54-76), 68% were male. One-quarter of patients presented with grade-1 or higher obesity. The median neck circumference was 40 cm (IQR 38-43): 38 cm (IQR 36-40) for female and 41 cm (IQR 39-44) for male subjects. "Large neck" patients had a significantly higher prevalence of hypertension (63 vs. 48%), diabetes (33 vs. 19%), obesity (26 vs. 14%), and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) (98 vs. 88%). The cumulative mortality rate was 13.1% (

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BMICOVID-19metabolic syndromemortalityneckneck circumference

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