Figure 2

Obesity is associated with more severe COVID-19 and an increased likelihood of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and hospitalization. Random effects meta-analyses of odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in obese versus non-obese patients for (A) presenting with severe COVID-19 disease (4 studies, n = 915 patients), (B) developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (2 studies, n = 96 patients), and (C) being hospitalized (4 studies, n = 6,252 patients). Non-obese is defined as the reference group.