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Table 1 Obesity as a risk factor for the worse COVID-19 course

From: The vicious cycle: a history of obesity and COVID-19

Study

Patients

Hospitalization

OR (95% CI)

ICU admission

OR (95% CI)

In-hospital death

OR (95% CI)

Severe course

OR (95% CI)

Popkin [7]

399,461

2.13 (1.74–2.60)

1.74 (1.46–2.08)

1.48 (1.22–1.80)

Cai [8]

383

3.40 (1.40–2.86)

Simonnet [9]

124

7.36 (1.63–33.14)a

Petrilli [10]b

5,279

1.45 (0.99–2.13)

1.71 (1.10–2.7)

Yates [11]

54,254

3.91 (3.13–4.88)

5.03 (3.94 -6.63)a

1.93 (1.49–2.51)

Kompaniyets [12]b

148,494

1.33 (1.30–1.37)

1.16 (1.11–1.20)

2.08 (1.89–2.29)a

1.61 (1.47 − 1.76)

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interva, ICU intensive care unit
  2. aRequiring invasive mechanical ventilation
  3. bBMI > 40 kg/m2