The impact of chest CT body composition parameters on clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients

We assessed the impact of chest CT body composition parameters on outcomes and disease severity at hospital presentation of COVID-19 patients, focusing also on the possible mediation of body composition in the relationship between age and death in these patients. Chest CT scans performed at hospital...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 16; no. 5; p. e0251768
Main Authors:	Besutti, Giulia, Pellegrini, Massimo, Ottone, Marta, Cantini, Michele, Milic, Jovana, Bonelli, Efrem, Dolci, Giovanni, Cassone, Giulia, Ligabue, Guido, Spaggiari, Lucia, Pattacini, Pierpaolo, Fasano, Tommaso, Canovi, Simone, Massari, Marco, Salvarani, Carlo, Guaraldi, Giovanni, Rossi, Paolo Giorgi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 14.05.2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Abdomen Adipose tissue Bioelectricity Biology and Life Sciences Body composition Body composition (biology) Body fat Body mass Body mass index Body size Chemistry Chest Clinical nutrition Clinical outcomes Computed tomography Coronaviruses COVID-19 Cytokines Data analysis Diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent) Diagnostic imaging Diagnostic systems Draft (gas flow) Editing Emergency medical care Endocrinology Epidemics Epidemiology Evaluation Fatalities Health aspects Health risks Health surveillance HIV Hospitalization Human immunodeficiency virus Infectious diseases Inflammation Insulin Insulin resistance Laboratories Mechanical ventilation Medical imaging Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Metabolism Muscles Musculoskeletal system Nutrition Nutrition therapy Parameters Patients Pneumonia Radiology Research and Analysis Methods Respiratory diseases Rheumatology Sarcopenia Skeletal muscle Thorax Ventilation Ventilators Working groups Italy
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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