Association of Higher Body Mass Index With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Younger Patients

Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 19;71(16):2300-2302. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa548.

Authors

Sean Wei Xiang Ong^{1

2}, Barnaby Edward Young^{1

2

3}, Yee-Sin Leo^{1

2

3

4}, David Chien Lye^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.
² Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
³ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁴ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
Body Mass Index
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus*
Humans
Obesity
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2