International journal of obesity : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
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A growing body of data suggests that obesity influences coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our study's primary objective was to assess the association between body mass index (BMI) categories and critical forms of COVID-19. ⋯ Our results suggest that overweight (and not only obesity) is associated with ICU admission, but overweight is not associated with death.