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cord-275637-ea6w2kqv	Roca-Fernandez, A.	HIGH LIVER FAT ASSOCIATES WITH HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING SYMPTOMATIC COVID-19 INFECTION - INITIAL UK BIOBANK OBSERVATIONS	2020-06-05		.txt	text/plain	2912	160	47	Conclusions UK Biobank data demonstrated an association between pre-existing liver disease and obesity with severe COVID-19, with higher proportions of liver fat in obese individuals a likely risk factor for symptomatic disease and severity. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that liver disease, and specifically liver fat accumulation, is a risk factor for developing symptomatic COVID-19. . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.04.20122457 doi: medRxiv preprint Furthermore, the 32.7% of obese patients with liver fat ≥10% had a higher likelihood of being symptomatic and testing positive for COVID-19 (OR: 2.96, p=0.02). Our study demonstrates that in addition to the previouslyreported risk factors of male gender, non-white-British ethnicity, and obesity (1-3), liver fat is also a significant risk factor for having symptomatic COVID-19, with a person testing positive for COVID-19 being 1.85 times more likely to have pre-existing severe fatty liver disease.	./cache/cord-275637-ea6w2kqv.txt	./txt/cord-275637-ea6w2kqv.txt