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cord-294028-pcc6mucj	Caussy, Cyrielle	Obesity is Associated with Severe Forms of COVID‐19	2020-05-21		.txt	text/plain	747	42	56	which reports a high prevalence of obesity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. (1) , which reported a high prevalence of obesity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). The findings (1) reporting a higher IMV in severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35) versus lean patients (BMI < 25) from Lille University Center in France may not be generalizable to other centers in France or in other countries, depending on the criteria implemented for the indication of IMV in other centers (2) . However, our data tend to confirm the observation from Lille University Center of a higher requirement for IMV in severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35) compared with lean patients (81.8% vs. High prevalence of obesity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation	./cache/cord-294028-pcc6mucj.txt	./txt/cord-294028-pcc6mucj.txt