Sun, Jun-14-20, 11:39
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Obesity was not specifically reported in the initial cohort studies of COVID‐19 from Wuhan, China (5), but regional epidemiological data from the United States suggests that at least 25% of patients who die of this disease have obesity,
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar...y22843-bib-0006
This is the source for obesity-->covid mortality in that psychology today article.
What's obesity in the US? 40 percent? That's what wikipedia says. The source the psychology today article used is basically a medical hypothesis piece. That paper's suggestion that 25 percent of mortal cases 'have obesity' is based on 'regional data.'
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Obesity was not specifically reported in the initial cohort studies of COVID‐19 from Wuhan, China (5), but regional epidemiological data from the United States suggests that at least 25% of patients who die of this disease have obesity, which is similar to reported rates of cardiovascular disease in the same high‐risk group (21%)
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Just to make sure things aren't stated wrong, it's reworded here;
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Some 97 per cent of those killed by COVID-19 in Louisiana had a pre-existing condition, according to the state health department. Diabetes was seen in 40 per cent of the deaths, obesity in 25 per cent, chronic kidney disease in 23 per cent and cardiac problems in 21 per cent
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-o...ctors-1.5519363
36.2 percent of people in Louisiana are obese. It's not remarkable that 25 percent of mortality is obese, when 36.2 percent are obese to start with. The number is likely lower than it would be, because a lot of fragile older people will be at a lower bodyweight.
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