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Table 2 Diagnosis of COVID-19 and definitions of obesity in the included studies

From: Obesity is associated with severe disease and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a meta-analysis

Author

Diagnosis of COVID-19

Definitions of obesity

Philip Zachariah

RT-PCR

CDC’s child and teen body mass index

Eduardo Hernández-Gardu

RT-PCR

NA

Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla

SARS-CoV-2 testing and signs of breathing difficulty or deaths

NA

Simon de Lusignan

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Malcolm Lemyze

RT-PCR and typical clinical presentation and imaging features on CT scan

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Marie E

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Mark Hamer

RT-PCR

obese ≥ 30 kg/m2

Eboni G

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Christopher M Petrilli

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Céline Louapre

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Frederick S

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

QingxianCai

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2

Kenneth I

high-throughput sequencing or RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

Ling Hu

clinical presentation, characteristic CT image, and/or leukopenia and lymphopenia

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Rui Huang

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2

Nikroo Hashemi

RT-PCR

NA

Stefano Di Bella

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Kaveh Hajifathalian

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Luca Busetto

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Markos Kalligeros

NA

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

rthur Simonnet

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Mohamed Nakeshbandi

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Edgar

RT-PCR

NA

Geehan Suleyman

NA

BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2

Michael G Argenziano

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

J.M. Urra

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Matteo Rottoli

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Jerry Y. Chao

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Natasha N. Pettit

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Bo Wang

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Xiao Wu

NA

NA

Juan Pablo Escalera-Antezana

RT-PCR

NA

Nicole M Kuderer

NA

NA

Eyal Klang

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Andrea Giacomelli

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Annemarie B Docherty

NA

NA

Leonidas Palaiodimos

NA

BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2

Yudong Peng

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2

Ming Deng

RT-PCR

NA

Marta Crespo

NA

NA

Danielle Toussie

RT-PCR

BMI > 30 kg/m2

Michelle Elias

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Sudham Chand

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Justin S. Brandt

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Astrid Lie `vre

RT-PCR

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2