Easter Bunny did not make an appearance today at my house, and am looking at
research and covid 19 and found this on zdnet.com, and thought I would share it
For months, scientists have been poring over data about cases and deaths
to understand why it is that COVID-19 manifests itself in different ways around the world,
with certain factors such as the age of the population repeatedly popping up
as among the most significant determinants.
Now, one of the largest studies conducted of COVID-19 infection in the United States
has found that obesity of patients was the single biggest factor
in whether those with COVID-19 had to be admitted to a hospital.
"The chronic condition with the strongest association with critical illness was obesity,
with a substantially higher odds ratio than any cardiovascular or pulmonary disease,"
write lead author Christopher M. Petrilli of the NYU Grossman School and colleagues in a paper,
"Factors associated with hospitalization and critical illness among 4,103 patients with Covid-19 disease in New York City,"
which was posted April 11th on the medRxiv pre-print server.
The paper has not been peer-reviewed, which should be kept in mind in considering its conclusions.
The NYU authors explore infer from obesity that there is a link to inflammation,
which has been a topic of much speculation.
Mary
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