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Obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic: cause of high risk or an effect of lockdown? A population-based electronic health record analysis in 1 958 184 individuals.

2020-06-23 health policy Title + abstract only
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BackgroundObesity is a modifiable risk factor for coronavirus(COVID-19)-related mortality. We estimated excess mortality in obesity, both "direct", through infection, and "indirect", through changes in healthcare, and also due to potential increasing obesity during lockdown. MethodsIn population-based electronic health records for 1 958 638 individuals in England, we estimated 1-year mortality risk("direct" and "indirect" effects) for obese individuals, incorporating: (i)pre-COVID-19 risk by ag...

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