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Obes Res Clin Pract . Association between metabolic syndrome and mortality in patients with COVID-19: A nationwide cohort study

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Obes Res Clin Pract


. 2022 Oct 31;S1871-403X(22)00117-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2022.10.011. Online ahead of print.
Association between metabolic syndrome and mortality in patients with COVID-19: A nationwide cohort study


Hyo Jin Park[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jin-Hyung Jung[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kyungdo Han[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jean Shin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yoojeong Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yujin Chang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyeyeung Park[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yoon Jeong Cho[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Youn Seon Choi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Seon Mee Kim[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Ga Eun Nam[SUP] 7 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Objectives: We investigated the association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and mortality among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Korea.
Methods: We analyzed 3876 individuals aged ≥ 20 years who were confirmed with COVID-19 from January 1 to June 4, 2020 based on the Korea National Health Insurance Service (NHIS)-COVID-19 database and had undergone health examination by NHIS between 2015 and 2017. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were performed.
Results: Of total participants, the prevalence of MetS was 21.0% (n = 815). During 58.6 days of mean follow-up, 3.1 % (n = 120) of the participants died. Compared to individuals without MetS, COVID-19 patients with MetS had a significantly increased mortality risk after adjusting for confounders in total participants (hazard ratio
: 1.68, 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.14-2.47) and women (HR: 2.41, 95 % CI: 1.17-4.96). A low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level in total participants (HR: 1.63, 95 % CI: 1.12-2.37) and hyperglycemia in women (HR: 1.97, 95 % CI: 1.01-3.84) was associated with higher mortality risk. The mortality risk increased as the number of MetS components increased among total participants and women (P for trend = 0.009 and 0.016, respectively). In addition, MetS groups had higher mortality risk in aged ≥ 60 years (HR: 1.60, 95 % CI: 1.07-2.39), and never-smokers (2.08, 1.21-3.59).
Conclusions: The presence of MetS and greater number of its components were associated with increased mortality risks particularly in female patients with COVID-19. Managing MetS may contribute to better outcomes of COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Metabolic syndrome; Mortality; SARS-CoV-2; Women.
 
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