[HTML][HTML] Obesity impact on SARS-CoV-2 infection: pros and cons “obesity paradox”—a systematic review

DM Vulturar, CB Crivii, OH Orăsan, E Palade… - Journal of clinical …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Background: During the last years, the COVID-19 pandemic meets the pandemic generated
by obesity, raising many questions regarding the outcomes of those with severe forms of …

Pandemic leadership: sex differences and their evolutionary–developmental origins

S Luoto, MAC Varella - Frontiers in psychology, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global societal, economic, and social upheaval
unseen in living memory. There have been substantial cross-national differences in the …

Unrealistic optimism and risk for COVID-19 disease

J Gassen, TJ Nowak, AD Henderson… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Risk perception and consequently engagement in behaviors to avoid illness often do not
match actual risk of infection, morbidity, and mortality. Unrealistic optimism occurs when …

Investigation on the factors associated with the persistence of anosmia and ageusia in Saudi COVID-19 patients

SN Algahtani, AF Alzarroug, HK Alghamdi… - International journal of …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) resulted in a worldwide pandemic of a …

Computed tomography‐defined body composition as prognostic markers for unfavourable outcomes and in‐hospital mortality in coronavirus disease 2019

HJ Meyer, A Wienke, A Surov - Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Low skeletal muscle mass (LSMM) and visceral fat areas can be assessed by
cross‐sectional images. These parameters are associated with several clinically relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Dysautonomia and implications for anosmia in long COVID-19 disease

A Vallee - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Long COVID-19 patients often reported anosmia as one of the predominant persisting
symptoms. Recent findings have shown that anosmia is associated with neurological …

Do islanders have a more reactive behavioral immune system? Social cognitions and preferred interpersonal distances during the COVID-19 pandemic

I Hromatko, A Grus, G Kolđeraj - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Insular populations have traditionally drawn a lot of attention from epidemiologists as they
provide important insights regarding transmission of infectious diseases and propagation of …

Acute kidney injury and COVID-19

HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb - The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a recent pandemic infectious
disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). COVID …

COVID-19 pandemic on fire: evolved propensities for nocturnal activities as a liability against epidemiological control

MAC Varella, S Luoto, RBS Soares… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Humans have been using fire for hundreds of millennia, creating an ancestral expansion
toward the nocturnal niche. The new adaptive challenges faced at night were recurrent …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-national variations in COVID-19 mortality: the role of diet, obesity and depression

RP Rajkumar - Diseases, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been characterized by wide variations in
mortality across nations. Some of this variability may be explained by medical comorbidities …