Tulane University: Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Worse Outcomes for COVID-19 Patients
August 26, 2020
August 26, 2020
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 26 -- Tulane University issued the following news release:
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who had a combination of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes were over three times more likely to die from the disease, according to a new Tulane University study.
The study (https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2020/08/18/dc20-1714), published in the journal Diabetes Care, is the first to look at the impact of metabolic syndrome o . . .
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who had a combination of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes were over three times more likely to die from the disease, according to a new Tulane University study.
The study (https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2020/08/18/dc20-1714), published in the journal Diabetes Care, is the first to look at the impact of metabolic syndrome o . . .