Visceral adipose tissue area predicts intensive care unit admission in COVID-19 patients.
Obes Res Clin Pract
; 15(1): 89-92, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-970655
ABSTRACT
We retrospectively investigated, in 62 consecutive hospitalised COVID-19 patients (aged 70 ± 14 years, 40 males), the prognostic value of CT-derived subcutaneous adipose tissue and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) metrics, testing them in four predictive models for admission to intensive care unit (ICU), with and without pre-existing comorbidities. Multivariate logistic regression identified VAT score as the best ICU admission predictor (odds ratios 4.307-12.842). A non-relevant contribution of comorbidities at receiver operating characteristic analysis (area under the curve 0.821 for the CT-based model, 0.834 for the one including comorbidities) highlights the potential one-stop-shop prognostic role of CT-derived lung and adipose tissue metrics.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Critical Care
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Intra-Abdominal Fat
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Subcutaneous Fat
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COVID-19
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Hospitalization
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Intensive Care Units
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Obesity
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Obes Res Clin Pract
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.orcp.2020.12.002
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