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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
Volume 45, Issue 5, Pages 1155-1159Publisher
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DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00771-z
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration - East Midlands
- UKRI-DHSC COVID-19 Rapid Response Rolling Call [MR/V020536/1]
- MRC [MR/V020536/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Obesity is identified as an emerging risk factor for COVID-19, while self-reported slow walkers are found to have a higher risk of severe disease and mortality, regardless of their obesity status.
Obesity is an emerging risk factor for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Simple measures of physical fitness, such as self-reported walking pace, may also be important risk markers. This analysis includes 412,596 UK Biobank participants with linked COVID-19 data (median age at linkage = 68 years, obese = 24%, median number of comorbidities = 1). As of August 24th 2020, there were 1001 cases of severe (in-hospital) disease and 336 COVID-19 deaths. Compared to normal weight individuals, the adjusted odds ratio (OR) of severe COVID-19 in overweight and obese individuals was 1.26 (1.07, 1.48) and 1.49 (1.25, 1.79), respectively. For COVID-19 mortality, the ORs were 1.19 (0.88, 161) and 1.82 (1.33, 2.49), respectively. Compared to those with a brisk walking pace, the OR of severe COVID-19 for steady/average and slow walkers was 1.13 (0.98, 1.31) and 1.88 (1.53, 2.31), respectively. For COVID-19 mortality, the ORs were 1.44 (1.10, 1.90) and 1.83 (1.26, 2.65), respectively. Slow walkers had the highest risk regardless of obesity status. For example, compared to normal weight brisk walkers, the OR of severe disease and COVID-19 mortality in normal weight slow walkers was 2.42 (1.53, 3.84) and 3.75 (1.61, 8.70), respectively. Self-reported slow walkers appear to be a high-risk group for severe COVID-19 outcomes independent of obesity.
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