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cord-304061-nfpzcago	Crispi, F.	LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AS A RISK FACTOR FOR SEVERE COVID-19 IN ADULTS	2020-09-15		.txt	text/plain	3365	265	57	Results were reproduced in an independent cohort, from a web-based survey in 1,822 subjects who self-reported laboratory-positive SARS-CoV-2 infection, where 46 patients (2.5%) needed ICU admission (AUC 0.74 [95% CI 0.68-0.81]). For studies in adults, birth weight is an accessible and robust surrogate for fetal growth restriction and preterm births, and a strong predictor of short and long-term morbidity. 24 From the above observations, we hypothesized that LBW could increase the risk of developing severe illness in non-elderly adults with COVID-19. To test this hypothesis, we designed a prospective study in confirmed COVID-19 patients (18-70 years) admitted to our institution, a public, tertiary, referral, university hospital in Spain (development dataset) and validated the model in an independent cohort of self-reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 subjects recruited through a web-based survey (validation dataset). Low birth weight increases the risk of severe COVID-19 in non-elderly adults.	./cache/cord-304061-nfpzcago.txt	./txt/cord-304061-nfpzcago.txt