Obesity and risk of COVID-19: analysis of UK biobank

Thomas Yates; Cameron Razieh; Francesco Zaccardi; Melanie J Davies; Kamlesh Khunti

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2020.05.011

Obesity and risk of COVID-19: analysis of UK biobank

Prim Care Diabetes. 2020 Oct;14(5):566-567. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2020.05.011. Epub 2020 May 28.

Authors

Thomas Yates¹, Cameron Razieh², Francesco Zaccardi³, Melanie J Davies⁴, Kamlesh Khunti⁵

Affiliations

¹ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK. Electronic address: ty20@leicester.ac.uk.
² Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; NIHR Applied Research Collaboration - East Midlands (ARC-EM), Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: cr288@leicester.ac.uk.
³ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; Leicester Real World Evidence Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: fz43@leicester.ac.uk.
⁴ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK. Electronic address: melanie.davies@uhl-tr.nhs.uk.
⁵ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; Leicester Real World Evidence Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; NIHR Applied Research Collaboration - East Midlands (ARC-EM), Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: kk22@leicester.ac.uk.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus*
Biological Specimen Banks / statistics & numerical data*
Body Mass Index*
COVID-19
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / diagnosis
Obesity / epidemiology*
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2
Severity of Illness Index
United Kingdom / epidemiology

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding