Journal article
Association of body mass index with COVID-19 related in-hospital death
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with extreme body mass indices (BMI) could have an increased risk of death while hospitalized for COVID-19.
METHODS: The database of the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) was used to assess the time to in-hospital death with competing-risks regression by sex and between the categories of BMI.
Authors
Bouziotis J; Arvanitakis M; Preiser J-C; Group TICC
Journal
Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 2924–2926
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.clnu.2022.01.017
ISSN
0261-5614