Obesity and the obesity paradox in patients with severe COVID-19.
Med Intensiva (Engl Ed)
; 2023 Mar 24.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2304111
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To test the presence of the obesity paradox in two cohorts of patients hospitalized for COVID-19.DESIGN:
Two multicenter prospective cohorts.SETTING:
Three fourth level institutions. PATIENTS Adults hospitalized in the general ward for confirmed COVID-19 in the three institutions and those admitted to one of the 9 critical care units of one of the institutions.INTERVENTIONS:
None. MAIN VARIABLES OF INTEREST Categorized weight and its relationship with admission to the ICU in hospitalized patients and death in the ICU.RESULT:
Of 402 hospitalized patients, 30.1% were obese. Of these, 36.1% were admitted to the ICU vs. 27.1% of non-obese patients. Of the 302 ICU patients, 46.4% were obese. Of these, mortality was 45.0% vs. 52.5% for non-obese. The requirement to transfer hospitalized patients to the ICU admission get a HR of 1.47 (95%CI 0.87-2.51, pâ¯=â¯0.154) in the multivariate analysis. In intensive care patients, an HR of 0.99 (95%CI 0.92-1.07, pâ¯=â¯0.806) was obtained to the association of obesity with mortality.CONCLUSIONS:
The present study does not demonstrate an association between obesity and risk of inpatient transfer to intensive care or death of intensive care patients due to COVID-19 therefore, the presence of an obesity paradox is not confirmed.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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