2 more studies about obesity and #COVID19

Obesity w/ #SARSCoV2 and ventilation

Retrospective, 124 pts
- showed that obesity may be a risk factor for worse outcomes in #COVID19

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32271993  https://twitter.com/TxID_Edu/status/1245825424699150338

Retrospective

- Of 3615 w/ COVID19, 775 (21%) had BMI 30-34

They found a significant difference in admission and ICU care in patients <60 with higher BMIs

This continues to show that obesity is a risk factor, but not clear why there's a signal for <60 https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa415/5818333