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cord-261113-v84rzhin	Ferdinand, Keith C.	Understanding African American COVID‐19 Severity and Mortality: Is Obesity the Key?	2020-08-04		.txt	text/plain	1015	60	49	Accordingly, in a recent large case series of 5,700 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area, including 1,230 (22.6%) AA, obesity was reported to increase the odds ratio for death by 3.05 (95% CI: 1.57-5.92) (8) . Moreover, among 3,615 individuals in a large New York City academic hospital, without defined percentages based on race/ethnicity, obesity and COVID-19 appeared to affect severity at younger ages. Similarly, in 265 patients (58% male) from several US university hospitals, obesity was a salient risk factor for severe COVID-19 disease. The authors proposed increased public messaging to younger adults, proactive virus testing in individuals with obesity, and maintaining greater vigilance for this at-risk population to help ameliorate widespread, severe COVID-19 disease (10) . Obesity in patients younger than 60 years is a risk factor for Covid-19 hospital admission	./cache/cord-261113-v84rzhin.txt	./txt/cord-261113-v84rzhin.txt