COVID‐19 vaccines are effective in people with obesity: A position statement from The Obesity Society
Butsch WS, Hajduk A, Cardel MI, Donahoo WT, Kyle TK, Stanford FC, Zeltser LM, Kotz CM, Jastreboff AM. COVID‐19 vaccines are effective in people with obesity: A position statement from The Obesity Society. Obesity 2021, 29: 1575-1579. PMID: 34212511, PMCID: PMC8441899, DOI: 10.1002/oby.23251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 vaccineObesity SocietyCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationPosition statementEfficacy of vaccinesSARS-CoV-2Pfizer-BioNTechAvailable vaccinesUS FoodDrug AdministrationObesityVaccineEmergency useHigh efficacyPeer-reviewed literatureScientific evidenceCOVID-19EfficacyTime of publicationBriefing documentsDefinitive wayHospitalizationPatientsVaccinationAdministrationObesity Is Associated With Intensive Care Use and Duration of ICU Stay but Not Mortality Among 3246 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
Kang Y, Brancale J, Athonvarangkul D, Alausa J, Subair L, Lipska K, Jastreboff A. Obesity Is Associated With Intensive Care Use and Duration of ICU Stay but Not Mortality Among 3246 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19. Journal Of The Endocrine Society 2021, 5: a61-a62. PMCID: PMC8089233, DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensive care useAssociation of obesityICU careBody mass indexCare useHigh riskAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionPositive RT-PCR assaySyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionMultivariate logistic regression analysisCOVID-19Association of underweightCoronavirus 2 infectionDuration of ICUHypoxic respiratory failureNoninvasive ventilatory supportSevere coronavirus diseaseNormal-weight adultsLonger durationLogistic regression analysisSARS-CoV-2Health care systemRT-PCR assaysICU stay