Obesity is a potential risk factor contributing to clinical manifestations of COVID-19

Clinical characteristics of 140 patients infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 in Wuhan, China

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Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China

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The course of clinical diagnosis and treatment of a case infected with coronavirus disease 2019

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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study

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A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern

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A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

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A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019

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Obesity-Related Microenvironment Promotes Emergence of Virulent Influenza Virus Strains

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SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

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Elevated exhaustion levels and reduced functional diversity of T cells in peripheral blood may predict severe progression in COVID-19 patients

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COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression

(2020) Puja Mehta et al.   LANCET

High prevalence of obesity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation

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Letter to the Editor: Obesity as a risk factor for greater severity of COVID-19 in patients with metabolic associated fatty liver disease

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Commentary: Obesity: The “Achilles heel” for COVID-19?

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Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 in patients with diabetes: Risk factors that increase morbidity

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Interaction of obesity and infections

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Inflammation and macrophage modulation in adipose tissues

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Obesity and the risk and outcome of infection

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Complicaciones respiratorias de la obesidad

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A Novel Risk Factor for a Novel Virus: Obesity and 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)

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Adipose Tissue Dysregulation in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

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A comprehensive definition for metabolic syndrome

(2009) P. L. Huang   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Effect of body mass index on the outcome of infections: a systematic review

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Adipocyte dysfunctions linking obesity to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes

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