Study estimates two-thirds of COVID-19 hospitalizations due to four conditions

[Northerner]

A modeling study suggests a majority of adult COVID-19 hospitalizations nationwide are attributable to at least one of four pre-existing conditions: obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure, in that order.

The study, published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) and led by researchers at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, used a mathematical simulation to estimate the number and proportion of national COVID-19 hospitalizations that could have been prevented if Americans did not suffer from four major cardiometabolic conditions. Each condition has been strongly linked in other studies to increased risk of poor outcomes with COVID-19 infection.

Study estimates two-thirds of COVID-19 hospitalizations due to four conditions

A new study estimates 64 percent of adult COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. may have been prevented if there were less obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure. The model suggests notable differences by age and race/ethnicity in COVID-19 hospitalizations related to these conditions.

www.sciencedaily.com

Well, no big surprise 🙄

 

[mikeyB]

None of this is particularly surprising, or even informative as we already knew most of the study contents in this country. I suppose this has has been published to take the heat off Trump and his feeble efforts to control the epidemic - someone else to blame, the people themselves.