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Researchers identify conditions that most raise risk of COVID death – The Age
The researchers used global data to identify the four worst conditions to have if you contract COVID-19, with hopes that treatment methods can be improved.
This data gives us the knowledge to target our management strategies for those patients, and also stratify our management of patients to really target those patients who have those comorbidities, he said.
Dr Taylor said the researchers did not find a direct link between obesity and COVID mortality.
Obesity had a high prevalence in the studies we observed, but it wasnt associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients, he said.
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