Figure 1.

Data from 291 consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit in Lyon University Hospital, France, for SARS‐CoV‐2 from February 27 to April 8, 2020. (A) Distribution of BMI categories in patients who required mechanical ventilation (n = 121) and those who did not (n = 170) (t test). (B) Proportions of patients requiring mechanical ventilation during their stay in intensive care, according to BMI categories (χ² test). Unpublished data. [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]