Coronavirus and Obesity: Could Insulin Resistance Mediate the Severity of Covid-19 Infection?

Francis M. Finucane; Colin Davenport

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00184

Coronavirus and Obesity: Could Insulin Resistance Mediate the Severity of Covid-19 Infection?

Francis M. Finucane
, Colin Davenport

Medicine

Galway University Hospital
University of Galway

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Original language	English
Article number	184
Journal	Frontiers in Public Health
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00184
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2020

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

ACE2
COVID 19
coronavirus
insulin resistance
obesity

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