When Two Pandemics Meet: Why Is Obesity Associated with Increased COVID-19 Mortality?

Med · 2020 · PMC7323660 · PMID 32838359

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6 As in all studies to date, age was the most important preexisting risk factor, but the effect of obesity was highly significant and graded according to the severity of the obesity.

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