Obesity 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