COVID-19 and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the pre-existing clinical conditions, COVID-19 symptoms, laboratory findings and clinical outcomes

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  • Maria Edilaine Rosário Ferreira Health Sciences Graduate Program. Federal University of Sergipe, Rua Claudio Batista s/n, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. CEP: 49060-100. E-mail: edilaine.rosario@hotmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5612-684X
  • Arthur Vinícius Santos de Andrade Tiradentes University, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6931-1400
  • Alex André Ferreira Queiroz Professor Fernando Figueira Institute of Integral Medicine (IMIP), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7154-2892
  • Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8779-0727
  • Eduardo Luis de Aquino Neves Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6446-374X
  • Fernanda Oliveira de Carvalho Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil; Federal University of Sergipe, University Hospital (HU-UFS/EBSERH), Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1270-406X
  • Adriano Antunes de Souza Araujo Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-9923
  • Érika Ramos Silva Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-976X
  • Paula Santos Nunes Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-0178

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17179/excli2021-4226

Keywords:

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, obesity, mortality, intensive care, intubation

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2021-12-02

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Rosário Ferreira, M. E., Santos de Andrade, A. V. ., Ferreira Queiroz, A. A. ., Martins-Filho, P. R. ., de Aquino Neves, E. L. ., Oliveira de Carvalho, F. ., de Souza Araujo, A. A. ., Ramos Silva, Érika ., & Santos Nunes, P. . (2021). COVID-19 and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the pre-existing clinical conditions, COVID-19 symptoms, laboratory findings and clinical outcomes. EXCLI Journal, 20, 1610–1614. https://doi.org/10.17179/excli2021-4226

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Vol. 20 (2021)

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Copyright (c) 2021 Maria Edilaine Rosário Ferreira, Arthur Vinícius Santos de Andrade, Alex André Ferreira Queiroz, Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho, Eduardo Luis de Aquino Neves, Fernanda Oliveira de Carvalho, Adriano Antunes de Souza Araujo, Érika Ramos Silva, Paula Santos Nunes

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