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

May 2020 in “ Frontiers in Public Health ”

Francis Finucane, Colin Davenport

Studysummary Insulin resistance linked to obesity may increase COVID-19 severity.

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