Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: a global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships

BM Popkin, S Du, WD Green, MA Beck… - Obesity …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The linkage of individuals with obesity and COVID‐19 is controversial and lacks systematic
reviews. After a systematic search of the Chinese and English language literature on COVID …

Population risk factors for severe disease and mortality in COVID-19: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

A Booth, AB Reed, S Ponzo, A Yassaee, M Aral… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Aim COVID-19 clinical presentation is heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic to severe
cases. While there are a number of early publications relating to risk factors for COVID-19 …

Dietary choices and habits during COVID-19 lockdown: experience from Poland

A Sidor, P Rzymski - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in late December 2019 in China, which
later developed into a pandemic, has forced different countries to implement strict sanitary …

Demographic risk factors for COVID-19 infection, severity, ICU admission and death: a meta-analysis of 59 studies

BG Pijls, S Jolani, A Atherley, RT Derckx, JIR Dijkstra… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective We aimed to describe the associations of age and sex with the risk of COVID-19 in
different severity stages ranging from infection to death. Design Systematic review and meta …

Changes in weight and nutritional habits in adults with obesity during the “lockdown” period caused by the COVID-19 virus emergency

M Pellegrini, V Ponzo, R Rosato, E Scumaci, I Goitre… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Our aim is evaluating the changes in weight and dietary habits in a sample of outpatients
with obesity after 1 month of enforced lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern …

Prognostic factors for severity and mortality in patients infected with COVID-19: A systematic review

A Izcovich, MA Ragusa, F Tortosa, MA Lavena Marzio… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background and purpose The objective of our systematic review is to identify prognostic
factors that may be used in decision-making related to the care of patients infected with …

Obesity and mortality among patients diagnosed with COVID-19: results from an integrated health care organization

SY Tartof, L Qian, V Hong, R Wei… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Background: Obesity, race/ethnicity, and other correlated characteristics have emerged as
high-profile risk factors for adverse coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–associated …

The effect of smoking on COVID‐19 severity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

RK Reddy, WN Charles, A Sklavounos… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Various comorbidities represent risk factors for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐
19). The impact of smoking on COVID‐19 severity has been previously reported in several …

The isolated effect of age on the risk of COVID-19 severe outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis

KR Starke, D Reissig, G Petereit-Haack… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Increased age has been reported to be a factor for COVID-19 severe outcomes.
However, many studies do not consider the age dependency of comorbidities, which …

Association of body mass index and age with morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: results from the American Heart Association COVID-19 …

NS Hendren, JA De Lemos, C Ayers, SR Das, A Rao… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Obesity may contribute to adverse outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). However, studies of large, broadly generalizable patient populations are …