Risk Factors Leading To the Severe Exacerbation of COVID-19 Include Male, Elderly, Obesity and Diabetes

The risk factors for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were investigated. Latest cohort study for 28,095 cases was conducted in United States. It included obesity 61.9% and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) 15.8%. They showed 4 influential factors, which are male, age of 65< years, obesity and T2D. The risk level was counted for digit number of 0-4. As a result, hazard ratio (HR) risk for level 0-4 was 1.0, 3.1, 6.5, 16.2, 19.0 for hospitalization, and 1.0, 3.4, 15.2, 38.0, 55.8 for critical care, respectively. This suggested the important lifestyle continuation for the perspective of Hinohara-ism by Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara.

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