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Metabolic health is more strongly associated with the severity and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 than obesity
- Source :
- Archives of Public Health, Vol 82, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2024.
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Abstract
- Abstract Background Obesity has been suggested to be associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, it is unclear whether obesity or metabolic abnormalities accompanied by obesity have a stronger association with COVID-19 risk. Methods This study used the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency database, which includes information about the COVID-19 diagnosis and mortality dates of the entire Korean population between October 2020 and December 2021 (for diagnosis) or March 2022 (for mortality). A total of 24,310,283 adults were included and classified into four metabolic obesity phenotypes: (1) metabolically healthy and normal weight (MHNW), (2) metabolically unhealthy and normal weight (MUNW), (3) metabolically healthy and obese (MHO), and (4) metabolically unhealthy and obese (MUO). COVID-19 mortality and severity were compared according to metabolic obesity phenotypes in the total population and in each age group (20–
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20493258
- Volume :
- 82
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Archives of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.87e46d62a5a648249d11bf79d9b46829
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01372-8