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Confounding factor: obesity rates and comorbidities From a glance, the US averages 3x the incidence rate of obesity as Sweden. Obese patients with existing hea

by ethbro 6y ago

Confounding factor: obesity rates and comorbidities From a glance, the US averages 3x the incidence rate of obesity as Sweden. Obese patients with existing health problems will result in substantially worse outcomes from Covid-19.

learc83 6y ago
Where are you getting those numbers. From this study it looks like 20% of Swedish adults are obese. That's compared to 36.5% of US adults. Also the swedish study is from 2012, so it's probably slightly higher now. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160604050632.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160604050632.h...
- ethbro 6y ago
  https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obesity_country_comparison_-_path.svg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obesity_country_co...
  - learc83 6y ago
    That chart is from data collected between 1996 and 2003. It is very outdated.