Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by nradov 1689 days ago
Severe obesity increases the risk by more than a little.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-3742

1 comments

Yes, it's a little. A 20% increase over a small number is still a small number. I'm not talking relative risk, I'm talking overall risk. Most overweight people still have mild symptoms or were asymptomatic. The single factor that had the highest predictive factor for complications was age.