Inside Precision Medicine September 4, 2024
People with obesity have a higher risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2, according to a new study led by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. They used electronic medical record data on over 70,000 patients from their own hospital system.
Obesity is known to predict worse outcomes and higher mortality for those with COVID-19, but these researchers looked at the link between obesity with risk of infection.
Their paper was published in PNAS Nexus.The first author is Joan T. Matamalas.
According to the study authors, these findings could help communities determine how to distribute resources toward individuals at higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, which causes COVID-19.
This disease is still a big public health problem....
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