The Role of Obesity in the Poor Prognosis of COVID-19 Infection: A Review of 192 Patients

Table 1

Population characteristics, based on BMI class (n = 192).

Patient characteristics	BMI < 25 (n = 46) 24%	25 ≤ BMI < 30 (n = 71) 37%	30 ≤ BMI < 35 (n = 54) 28.1%	BMI ≥ 35 (n = 21) 10.9%	Total (n = 192)
Age (years)	60.15 [18.74]	64.56 [13.02]	62.72 [13.95]	61.81 [17.48]	62.68 [19–96]
Male sex	24 (52%)	46 (64.8%)	41 (75.9%)	13 (61.9%)	124 (64.58%)
Weight (kg)	63.8 [1.62]	79.86 [11]	90.76 [11.23]	108.3 [19.21]	82.19 [37–157]
Height (m)	1.69 [0.09]	1.70 [0.11]	1.69 [0.10]	1.67 [0.11]	1.69 [0.10]
Smoking	12 (26.1%)	16 (22.5%)	14 (25.9%)	6 (28.6%)	50 (26.04%)
Diabetes	10 (21.7%)	23 (32.39%)	16 (29.6%)	7 (33.3%)	56 (29.17%)
Hypertension	23 (50%)	43 (60.6%)	34 (63%)	14 (66.7%)	114 (59.38%)
Dyslipidemia	18 (39.1%)	32 (45.1%)	21 (38.9%)	8 (38.1%)	79 (41.1%)