肥胖和COVID-19后情况在征兵中的关系
Reinhard Domanyi1,2, Emanuel Maitz2, Alexandros Andrianakis2
1Military Hospital Graz, 8052 Graz, Austria.
Journal of clinical medicine
|January 10, 2026
概括
通过体重指数 (BMI) 和腰与身高比率 (WHtR) 测量的肥胖与患上COVID-19后疾病的风险增加有关. 这表明WHtR可能有助于识别容易出现长期COVID症状的个体.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 人类测量学 人类测量学.
背景情况:
- 肥胖是COVID-19后疾病的潜在危险因素之一.
- 像BMI这样的传统措施不能完全捕捉身体脂肪的分布.
- 腰与身高的比率 (WHtR) 是中心肥胖和身体脂肪分布的指标.
研究的目的:
- 调查肥胖 (按BMI和WHtR定义) 与COVID-19后状态之间的关联.
- 评估WHtR是否可以作为与长期COVID有关的身体脂肪分布的代理.
主要方法:
- 评估了500名男性征兵 (18岁) 的队列.
- 进行了人体测量测量,包括身高,体重和腰围.
- 参与者在COVID-19后报告了持续或新的症状;BMI和WHtR (中心肥胖症≥0.50) 被计算出来.
主要成果:
- 在376名参与者中,有21%的人经历了COVID-19后的情况.
- 按BMI定义的肥胖 (≥30) 在COVID-19后患者中更为普遍 (15%对比5%),并且与更高的几率 (OR 2.80) 相联系.
- 中心肥胖 (WHtR ≥0.50) 也更频繁 (26%对14%) 并与增加的几率 (OR 2.18) 相关.
结论:
- 按BMI定义的肥胖和中心肥胖都与COVID-19后的情况有关.
- WHtR是一种简单,可行的指标,可以帮助识别长期COVID-19症状风险较高的个人.
- 对长期COVID风险分层的人类测量措施的进一步研究是有必要的.
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