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Obesity, metabolic syndrome tied to risk of COVID infection, severity

By iopac on August 26, 2020

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP NewsAug 26, 2020Patients with metabolic syndrome had triple the risk of dying, one study showed.

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