Table 2 Comparison of patients with normal weight, overweight or obesity upon admission.

From: Weight trajectories and abdominal adiposity in COVID-19 survivors with overweight/obesity

 

Normal weight (n = 36, 19.5%)

Overweight (n = 82, 44.3%)

Obesity (n = 67, 36.2%)

P

BMI, kg/m2

23.8 (22.1; 24.2)

27.0 (26.2; 28.1)

32.7 (31.1; 35.8)

0.032

Age, years

66.6 (53.1; 75.5)

59.8 (53.1; 69.3)

63.6 (55.9; 74.3)

0.415

Female, n (%)

15 (41.7)

21 (25.6)

17 (25.4)

0.157

Race, n (%)

0.422

White

35 (34.8)

80 (79.3)

64 (64.8)

 

Asian

1 (2.8)

0 (0)

2 (3.0)

 

Black

0 (0.6)

2 (2.4)

1 (1.5)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

15 (41.7)

33 (40.2)

38 (56.7)

0.109

Coronary artery disease, n (%)

1 (2.8)

7 (4.9)

3 (4.5)

0.377

Diabetes Mellitus, n (%)

3 (8.3)

11 (13.4)

14 (20.9)

0.200

COPD, n (%)

2 (5.6)

4 (4.9)

3 (4.5)

0.971

CKD, n (%)

2 (5.6)

2 (2.4)

5 (7.5)

0.342

Malignancy, n (%)

3 (8.3)

3 (2.7)

0 (0)

0.038

PaO2/FiO2 ratio

307.1 (260.4; 324.8)

290.5 (246.4; 330.0)

269.0 (177.4; 325.8)*

0.025

CRP, mg/dl

61.3 (20.6; 120.3)

71.8 (32.1; 120.2)

76.1 (28.8; 139.9)

0.447

Plasma glucose (mg/dL)

109.0 (96.0; 72.0)

107.5 (100.0; 121.3)

109.0 (98.5; 126.0)

0.770

AST, U/L

47.0 (31.0; 72.0)

46.0 (35.0; 63.0)

46.0 (30.0; 76.0)

0.957

ALT, U/L

40.0 (24.0; 59.0)

39.0 (26.0; 61.0)

41.0 (25.0; 65.0)

0.963

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

72.4 (38.1; 89.4)

88.6 (41.2; 89.3)

69.4 (49.9; 89.7)

0.782

Admission to ICU, n (%)

1 (2.8)

8 (8.4)

10 (14.9)

0.150

Length of stay (days)

10.0 (6.0; 21.8)

13.5 (7.0; 25.3)

15.0 (10.0; 28.0)

0.052

BMI at 1 month

22.9 (21.4; 24.1)

26.2 (25.2; 27.5)

31.6 (29.7; 33.4)

<0.001

WC at 1 month

89.5 (80.3; 93.8)

99.0 (92.8; 103.0)

109.0 (103.0; 114.0)

<0.001

BMI at 3 months

23.3 (21.9; 24.4)

26.7 (25.3; 27.8)

32.4 (30.8; 34.3)

<0.001

WC at 3 months

88.5 (82.5; 97.5)

100.0 (94.0; 104.0)

110.0 (104.0; 116.0)

<0.001

Days from admission to V1

44.5 (31.0; 44.5)

44.5 (29.0; 57.0)

42.0 (32.0; 66.0)

0.894

Days from discharge to V1

29.0 (20.3; 40.0)

25.5 (29.0; 38.5)

24.0 (20.0; 36.0)

0.303

Days from V1 to V2

61.5 (59.3; 70.0)

60.0 (57.8; 63.0)

61.0 (59.0; 65.0)

0.116

  1. *p < 0.05 vs. normal weight.