Division of Obesity, Endocrine Practice, Athens, Greece.
1st Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Clin Obes. 2021 Feb;11(1):e12420. doi: 10.1111/cob.12420. Epub 2020 Oct 18.
Apart from posing various mechanical and medical issues compromising general health, obesity is a major factor for respiratory tract infections, due to specific inflammation and immunological compromise. The burden of obesity on morbidity and mortality of SARS-CoV-2 infection/COVID-19 is considerable. Herein, we aimed to search the literature and present to the readers pathophysiologic pathways that may associate obesity and COVID-19. We present potential mechanisms, which might partly explain why patients with obesity are more prone to suffer from respiratory infections in the context of COVID-19. Better understanding of these pathways could eventually guide management strategies and therapies for COVID-19 in the future.
除了引发各种影响整体健康的机械和医学问题外,肥胖也是导致呼吸道感染的一个主要因素,这是由于其特殊的炎症和免疫功能受损。肥胖对 SARS-CoV-2 感染/COVID-19 发病率和死亡率的影响是相当大的。在此,我们旨在搜索文献并向读者展示可能与肥胖和 COVID-19 相关的病理生理途径。我们提出了一些潜在的机制,这些机制可能部分解释了为什么肥胖患者在 COVID-19 背景下更容易患呼吸道感染。更好地了解这些途径可能最终会为未来 COVID-19 的管理策略和治疗提供指导。