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SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2021

Obesity and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Md Mohaimenul Islam, Hsuan Chia Yang, Ming Chin Lin, Wen-Shan Jian, Min-Huei Hsu, Yu-Chuan Jack Li

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Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tahmina Nasrin PolyGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Md Mohaimenul IslamGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsuan Chia YangGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ming Chin LinGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wen-Shan JianSchool of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Min-Huei HsuGraduate Institute of Data Science, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Chuan Jack LiGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already raised serious concern globally as the number of confirmed or suspected cases have increased rapidly. Epidemiological studies reported that obesity is associated with a higher rate of mortality in patients with COVID-19. Yet, to our knowledge, there is no comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effects of obesity and mortality among patients with COVID-19. We, therefore, aimed to evaluate the effect of obesity, associated comorbidities, and other factors on the risk of death due to COVID-19. We did a systematic search on PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus between January 1, 2020, and August 30, 2020. We followed Cochrane Guidelines to find relevant articles, and two reviewers extracted data from retrieved articles. Disagreement during those stages was resolved by discussion with the main investigator. The random-effects model was used to calculate effect sizes. We included 17 articles with a total of 543,399 patients. Obesity was significantly associated with an increased risk of mortality among patients with COVID-19 (RR

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body mass index (BMI)COVID-19mortalityobesitySARS-CoV-2

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PMID33634150
PMCPMC7901910

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