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A new study shows that among patients who have obesity and who tested positive for COVID-19, a past history of bariatric surgery was significantly associated with a lower risk of hospital and intensive care unit admission.
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A Cleveland Clinic study shows that among patients who have obesity and who tested positive for COVID-19, a past history of bariatric surgery was significantly associated with a lower risk of hospital and intensive care unit admission. The results were published in the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
In the past months, researchers worldwide have identified obesity as a risk factor for developing a severe form of COVID-19, which may require hospital admission, need for intensive care and use of ventilator support. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than 70% of U.S. adults are overweight or have obesity, which may increase the risk of severe illness from the coronavirus.
Obesity is a complex disease caused by multiple factors that weaken the immune system. Obesity creates a chronic inflammatory state that causes excessive production of cytokines, which are small proteins involved in the immune response.
“Infection with the coronavirus also triggers the immune system to release cytokines, which may lead to excessive cytokine production that damages organs. That may partly explain the severity of infection in patients with obesity,” says Ali Aminian, M.D., Director of the Bariatric & Metabolic Institute at Cleveland Clinic and principal investigator of the research.
In addition, obesity increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease and blood clot formation. Those conditions can lead to poor outcomes after an infection with SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19. Obesity may also affect the respiratory system. Many patients with obesity have underlying lung conditions, such as sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome, that can worsen the outcomes of COVID-19 pneumonia. Read more from Science Daily.
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