Ohio State University, Columbus

- This paper looks specifically at the obesity statistics of COVID-19 from The Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen in China
- It looks at the statistics of 383 patients admitted between 01/11/2020 to 03/26/2020
- More overweight and obese patients progressed to severe COVID-19 cases
- The most high-risk group seemed to be overweight or obese men with preexisting health conditions
- Because obesity provides a higher risk for other onset conditions, obesity can be seen as a risk factor to more severe COVID-19 cases
- Obese people tended to be more likely to contract upper respiratory tract infections
- Overweight or obese patients tended to start treatment later than those that were normal weight

Obesity and COVID-19 Severity in a Designated Hospital in Shenzhen, China

Cai, Q., Chen, F., Wang, T., Luo, F., Liu, X., Wu, Q., He, Q., Wang, Z., Liu, Y., Liu, L., Chen, J., & Xu, L. (2020). Obesity and COVID-19 Severity in a Designated Hospital in Shenzhen, China. Diabetes care, 43(7), 1392–1398. 

https://doi.org/10.2337/dc20-0576

https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/43/7/1392.long

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