Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Greater COVID-19 Severity

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Feng Gao · Wenzhou Medical University

Kenneth I. Zheng · Wenzhou Medical University

Xiaobo Wang · Wenzhou Central Hospital

Qingfeng Sun · Wenzhou Medical University

Ke-Hua Pan · Wenzhou Medical University

Ting-Yao Wang · Wenzhou Medical University

Yong-Ping Chen · Wenzhou Medical University

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Figure 1-A: Prevalence of clinical subtypes of COVID-19 severity among infected patients with and without obesity. B: Association between increasing BMI

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COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

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Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 43, Issue 7, pp. e72-e74

DOI: 10.2337/dc20-0682

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 11.55

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