Fig. 2: Projected mortality rates vs. prevalence of obesity in US States. | International Journal of Obesity

Fig. 2: Projected mortality rates vs. prevalence of obesity in US States.

From: Can reduction in infection and mortality rates from coronavirus be explained by an obesity survival paradox? An analysis at the US statewide level

Fig. 2

Y2 = Mortality = \(\frac{{{\mathrm{Deaths}}\,{\mathrm{from}}\,{\mathrm{Corona}}}}{{{\mathrm{Cases}}\,{\mathrm{of}}\,{\mathrm{Corona}}}}\) in each US state (excluding the outlier of Samoa). Projections are based on the following fractional logit regression analysis of the linear model given in column (1), where OR = odd ratio = \({\mathrm{proj}}[ {\frac{p}{{1 - p}}} ]\).

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