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COVID-19

Burden of illness associated with overweight and obesity in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States: analysis of the premier healthcare database from April 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020

Nina Kima Novo Nordisk Inc., Plainsboro, NJ, USA
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Abdalla Alya Novo Nordisk Inc., Plainsboro, NJ, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Chris Craverb Craver Research Services, Huntersville, North Carolina
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W. Timothy Garveyc Department of Nutrition Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0822-0860
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Pages 376-385 | Received 04 Oct 2022, Accepted 20 Feb 2023, Published online: 11 Mar 2023

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