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Table 1 Risk of poor clinical outcome in obese patients with COVID-19 infection

From: Obesity and COVID-19: what makes obese host so vulnerable?

Reference

No. of Patients

BMI (Kg/m2)

Risk of critical diseaseHR/OR (95% CI)

Risk of DeathHR/OR (95% CI)

Rottoli et al. (2020) [35]

482

≥ 30

2.32 (1.31–4.09)

N/A

≥ 35

N/A

12.1 (3.25–45.1)

Giacomelli et al. (2020) [55]

233

≥ 30

8.26 (1.41–48.29)

3.04 (1.42–6.49)

Klang et al. (2020) [56]

3406

≥ 40

N/A

5.1 (2.3–11.1)

Docherty et al. (2020) [50]

20,133

> 30

N/A

1.33 (1.19–1.51)

Caussy et al. (2020)

340

> 30

1·89 (1·33–2·53)

NA

Simonnet et al. (2020) [46]

124

≥ 35

7.36 (1.63–33.14)

NA

30–35

3.45 (0.83–14.31)

25–30

1.69 (0.52–5.48)

Lighter J et al. (2020) [38]

725

30–34

1.8 (1.2–2.7)

NA

≥ 35

3.6 (2.5–5.3)

NA

Palaiodimos et al. (2020) [57]

200

≥ 35

NA

3.78 (1.45–9.83)

Cai et al. (2020) [51]

383

≥ 28

3.4 (1.40–2.86)

NA

Petrilli et al. (2020) [49]

1999

≥ 40

2.45 (1.78 to 3.36)

NA

30–39

1.8 (1.47 to 2.2)

25–29.9

1.3 (1.07 to 1.57

Hamer et al. (2020) [58]

760

> 30

2.05 (1.68, 2.49)

NA

Zhang et.al (2020) [41]

340

≥ 28

NA

1.354 (1.075–1.704)

Kalligeros et al. (2020) [48]

103

≥ 35

5.39 (1.13–25.64)

NA

Pettit et al. 2020 [59]

238

> 30

NA

1.7 (1.1–2.8)

  1. OR Odds Ratio, HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence Interval, BMI Body Mass Index