Obesity and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19: Results From an Integrated Health Care Organization

S. Tartof, L. Qian, V. Hong, R. Wei, Ron F Nadjafi, Heidi Fischer, Zhuoxin Li, Sally F. Shaw, S. Caparosa, C. Nau, T. Saxena, G. Rieg, B. Ackerson, A. Sharp, J. Skarbinski, T. Naik, Sameer B. Murali

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020

Emerging reports suggest that obese patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19 may have worse outcomes; whether this association extends to those who are not hospitalized is unclear. This study examines the association between obesity and death 21 days after diagnosis of COVID-19 among patients who receive care in an integrated health care system, accounting for obesity-related comorbidities and sociodemographic factors.

Cited by 156 publications.

Field of study: Medicine

10.7326/M20-3742