Asociación entre el índice de masa corporal aumentado y el ingreso hospitalario por covid-19, en pacientes de un programa de riesgo cardiovascular

Abstract:

Introduction: Up to now, overweight and obesity have been described as risk factors for becoming infected, requiring hospitalization, and dying from COVID-19. However, the literature is not always consistent with these results. Objective: To evaluate the impact of BMI> 25 kg/m 2 on hospital admission to manage COVID-19 disease in patients belonging to a cardiovascular risk program in the city of Cali, Colombia, during the year 2020. Methods: Through an analytical observational study, the risk of requiring hospitalization due to SARS-CoV2 infection was evaluated in two cohorts of patients belonging to a cardiovascular risk program, including in the exposed group subjects with BMI> 25 kg/m 2. We calculated relative risk to assess the association between BMI and hospitalization by COVID-19, and the Mantel-Haenszel homogeneity test was used to evaluate possible confounding variables. Results: BMI> 25 kg/m 2 …

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2021

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