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. 2022 Jun 22;29(38):57040–57053. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-21461-x

Table 1.

Data of COVID and BMI relation from many countries

Country name COVID-positive patients Patients with BMI values within (30–34 kg/m2) Patients with BMI values greater than 35 kg/m2 References
USA 3615 775 (21%) 595 (16%)

Singh and Misra (2020)

Hernández-Galdamez et al. (2020)

Mohammad et al. (2021)

Goossens et al. (2020)
France 124 (ICU admitted) Not reported 28.2%

Singh and Misra (2020)

Hernández-Galdamez et al. (2020)

Mohammad et al. (2021)

Goossens et al. (2020)
Spain 48 (ICU admitted) 48% 44% (severe)

Singh and Misra (2020)

Hernández-Galdamez et al. (2020)

Mohammad et al. (2021)

Goossens et al. (2020)
Italy Not known Not reported 7.2%

Singh and Misra (2020)

Hernández-Galdamez et al. (2020)

Mohammad et al. (2021)

Goossens et al. (2020)
Korea 28 (hospitalized) Not reported 17.9% (severe)

Singh and Misra (2020)

Hernández-Galdamez et al. (2020)

Mohammad et al. (2021)

Goossens et al. (2020)