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Abdominal Obesity Phenotype Predicts COVID-19 Chest X-Ray Severity Score better than General Obesity
2021-02-02
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>PurposeChest x-ray (CXR) severity score and general obesity are predictive risk factors for COVID-19 hospital admission. However, the relationship between abdominal obesity and CXR severity score has not yet been fully explored.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study analyzed the association of different adiposity indexes, including waist circumference and body mass index (BMI), with CXR...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 238dcebf-b41f-5b05-bf07-7c19e583e7c3
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-167177/v1
