Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 0365-8104 1307-5608 Ankara University Public Health Nutrition Halk Sağlığı Beslenmesi The Effect of Obesity on COVID-19 Course Coşkun Belgin ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Ayhan Müge ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Sarıcaoğlu Elif Mukime ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Güner Rahmet ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Akıncı Esragül ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Kayaaslan Bircan ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Aypak Adalet ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Hasanoğlu İmran ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Kalem Ayşe Kaya ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Eser Fatma ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Aybar Bilir Yeşim ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE Özdemir Burcu ANKARA UNIVERSITY, ANKARA FACULTY OF MEDICINE 04 27 2026 74 S1 53 58 04 02 2021 05 04 2021 Copyright © 1947, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 1947 Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası

Objectives: Clinical features and risk factors are highly variable for Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Researchers investigate for the predictionof people who have high risk of developing severe illness and dying. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of obesity on the course ofCOVID-19.Materials and Methods: Patients with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 were retrospectively screened between March 11 and April 30. Anthropometricmeasures including standing height and body weight were measured at admission. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and patients wereclassified into three groups as BMI

 obesity covid-19 infection Coşkun, B., Ayhan, M., Sarıcaoğlu, E. M., Güner, R., Akıncı, E., Kayaaslan, B., Altunsoy Aypak, A., Hasanoğlu, İ., Kaya Kalem, A., Eser, F., Aybar Bilir, Y., & Özdemir, B. (2021). The effect of obesity on COVID-19 course. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 74(Suppl 1), 53-58. DOI: 10.4274/atfm.galenos.2021.83097