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

Immunity & Ageing

Table 2 Odds ratios of critical COVID-19 between patients with and without obesity in Lyon University Hospital, by risk factor adjustment

	Odds ratio (95% CI) of ICU admission	p value*
Age, sex	2·16 (1·27–3·68)	0·0041
Hypertension, age, sex	1·93 (1·10–3·39)	0·022
Dyslipidaemia, age, sex	1·85 (1·05–3·26)	0·034
Type 2 diabetes, age, sex	1·80 (1·03–3·17)	0·040
Cardiomyopathy, age, sex	1·94 (1·11–3·40)	0·021
Chronic pulmonary disease, age, sex	2·03 (1·16–3·56)	0·013
Malignancy, age, sex	1·91 (1·09–3·34)	0·023

Table 2. Odds ratios are calculated on all patients in Lyon University Hospital with severe COVID-19. ICU = intensive care unit. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. *p-value determined using multivariable logistic regression [60]. (This table is reproduced with permission from the publisher)

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