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I guess it’s not surprising that if you are overweight / obese and you get in to respiratory difficulties you are going to be more likely to need a serious intervention to help you breathe
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The BMI vs age distribution for the UK is similarly shaped so possible red herring. Reports from France that obesity was a common comorbidity in younger critically ill patients so maybe the metabolic component does predispose patients to more severe illness.
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@Kurai
Not sure how much this has been talked about, but overweight and obese patients account for 70% of the first 196 critical care cases with confirmed COVID-19. It's three days out of date though, but certainly fits with some of the news footage from Italy and USA.
https://www.icnarc.org/DataServices/Attachments/Download/a9875849-f16c-ea11-9124-00505601089b