评估身体质量指数与COVID-19严重程度和死亡率的关联,使用日本行政索赔数据

Waki Imoto1, Yasutaka Ihara2, Takumi Imai2

  • 1Department of Infection Control Science, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan; Department of Infectious Disease Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital, 1-5-7 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8586, Japan; Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital, 1-5-7 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8586, Japan; Research Center for Infectious Disease Sciences (RCIDS), Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan; Osaka International Research for Infectious Diseases (OIRCID), Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-2-7-601, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-0051, Japan.

概括

更高的身体质量指数 (BMI) 恶化了COVID-19的严重程度. 然而,低体重和肥胖都增加了日本人口的死亡风险,突出显示了BMI和COVID-19结果之间的复杂关系.

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