Letter to the Editor From Nelson et al: "Understanding the Link Between Obesity and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Causal Mediation by Systemic Inflammatory Response"
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
.
2022 Dec 17;108(1):e11-e12.
doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac619.
Authors
Kaitlin Nelson
1
2
,
Jerilynn C Prior
1
2
3
4
,
Dharani Kalidasan
1
,
Cara Tanenbaum
5
6
,
Sonia Shirin
1
2
,
Claudie Berger
7
,
Azita Goshtasebi
1
2
Affiliations
1
Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (Endocrinology/UBC), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1M9, Canada.
2
BC Women's Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3N1, Canada.
3
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1M9, Canada.
4
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
5
Institute of Gender and Health of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3W 1W5, Canada.
6
Medicine and Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada.
7
Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec H3H 2R9, Canada.
PMID:
36268884
PMCID:
PMC9619845
DOI:
10.1210/clinem/dgac619
No abstract available
Publication types
Editorial
Comment
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Causality
Humans
Obesity / complications
SARS-CoV-2
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome