Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
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February 2021
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Diabetes Obes Metab · Feb 2021
Multicenter StudyRelationship between obesity and severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes: Results from the CORONADO study.
To assess the relationship between body mass index (BMI) classes and early COVID-19 prognosis in inpatients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). ⋯ Overweight and obesity are associated with poor early prognosis in patients with T2D hospitalized for COVID-19. Importantly, the deleterious impact of obesity on COVID-19 prognosis was no longer observed in the elderly, highlighting the need for specific management in this population.