Reply to a Letter to the Editor "Is there an exposure-effect relationship between body mass index and invasive mechanical ventilation, severity, and death in patients with COVID-19? Evidence from an updated meta-analysis"

Mária Földi; Nelli Farkas; Szabolcs Kiss; Fanni Dembrovszky; Zsolt Szakács; Márta Balaskó; Bálint Erőss; Péter Hegyi; Andrea Szentesi; KETLAK study group

doi:10.1111/obr.13159

Reply to a Letter to the Editor "Is there an exposure-effect relationship between body mass index and invasive mechanical ventilation, severity, and death in patients with COVID-19? Evidence from an updated meta-analysis"

Obes Rev. 2020 Dec;21(12):e13159. doi: 10.1111/obr.13159. Epub 2020 Oct 17.

Authors

Mária Földi^{1

2

3}, Nelli Farkas^{1

4}, Szabolcs Kiss^{1

2

3}, Fanni Dembrovszky^{1

2}, Zsolt Szakács^{1

2}, Márta Balaskó^{1

2}, Bálint Erőss^{1

2}, Péter Hegyi^{1

2

3}, Andrea Szentesi^{1

2

3}; KETLAK study group

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
² János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
³ Centre for Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
⁴ Institute of Bioanalysis, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.

PMID: 33067858
DOI: 10.1111/obr.13159

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
Body Mass Index
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Respiration, Artificial*
SARS-CoV-2

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding