COVID-19 and the role of chronic inflammation in patients with obesity

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a particular risk to people living with preexisting conditions that impair immune response or amplify pro-inflammatory response. Low-grade chronic systemic inflammation, common in p...

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Published in:	International Journal of Obesity Vol. 44; no. 8; pp. 1790 - 1792
Main Authors:	Chiappetta, Sonja, Sharma, Arya M, Bottino, Vincenzo, Stier, Christine
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Nature Publishing Group 01.08.2020
Subjects:	Adult Arteriosclerosis Atherosclerosis Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity Body Mass Index Body size C-reactive protein Comorbidity Coronavirus Infections - immunology Coronavirus Infections - physiopathology Coronavirus Infections - therapy Coronaviruses Correlation analysis COVID-19 Cytokine Release Syndrome - physiopathology Cytokine Release Syndrome - virology Decision making Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent) Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - immunology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology Early Diagnosis Female Health Care Surveys Humans Hypertension Immune response Immune system Immunosuppression Immunosuppression Therapy - statistics & numerical data Inflammation Inflammation - physiopathology Inflammation - virology Inflammatory response Interleukin 6 Linear Models Male Middle Aged Mortality Obesity Obesity - complications Obesity - immunology Obesity - physiopathology Pandemics Physicians Pneumonia, Viral - immunology Pneumonia, Viral - physiopathology Pneumonia, Viral - therapy Regression analysis Respiration, Artificial - statistics & numerical data Respiratory diseases Risk Risk Assessment SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Severity of Illness Index Viral diseases
ISSN:	0307-0565, 1476-5497, 1476-5497
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