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> Not really true. > Here's data from the UK ICUs. Page 15 shows BMI. > Here are the numbers of people by BMI. First column is BMI, second column is the perce
by nzhkr 6y ago
> Not really true.
> Here's data from the UK ICUs. Page 15 shows BMI.
> Here are the numbers of people by BMI. First column is BMI, second column is the percentage of people in ICU.
BMI COVID-19
<18.5 0.64
18.5 to <25 25.79
25 to <30 35.04
30 to <40 31.33
40+ 7.20
Your data kind of proves the point which the OG has made that 70% of patients are overweight though.
A BMI > 25 is overweight. When I look at the table which you have posten then I calculate that ~73% of patients in ICU in the UK are overweight indeed then.
There is 35.04% of patients with a BMI > 25, another 31.33% of patients with a BMI > 30 and 7.2% of patients with a BMI of > 40.
Either I don't understand the data which you have posted or you didnt?
- DanBC 6y agoI guess it depends what someone means when they say "very overweight". To me that doesn't just mean "overweight", it means "obese".
- saalweachter 6y agoYou're neglecting to consider the rates of obesity in the general population. 29% of adults in the UK are obese (BMI > 30) and another 36% are overweight (25 < BMI < 30).[1] So the pattern you see above is really just "people hospitalized for COVID-19 have roughly the same distribution of weights as the general population". There's a little bit of correlation with the obese being a little more likely to be hospitalized, but I'm not sure that pattern holds up if you correct for age. In any case, it's not nearly that exciting or strong of a correlation, to let you guess who is going to die. [1] https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn03336/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn03...