Hamza Ahmad, Waqas Shehdio, Omaid Tanoli, Dan Deckelbaum, Tayyab Pasha
Knowledge, Implementation, and Perception of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Amongst Surgeons in Pakistan: A Survey Analysis
Cureus
obesity gender play critical role shaping outcomes covid19 disease two factors dynamic relationship well risk factors hinders interpretation influence severity disease progression work aimed study differences covid19 disease outcomes analysis risk profiles stratified gender obesity status study employed unsupervised clustering analysis using mexicos national covid19 hospitalization dataset contains demographic information health outcomes patients hospitalized due covid19 patients segmented four groups obesity gender participants attributes clinical outcome data described consensus pam clustering methods used identify distinct risk profiles based underlying patient characteristics risk profile discovery completed 70 records remaining 30 available validation data 88536 hospitalized patients analyzed obesity regardless gender linked higher odds hypertension diabetes cardiovascular diseases pneumonia intensive care unit icu admissions men tended higher frequencies icu admissions pneumonia higher mortality rates women within four analysis groups divided based gender obesity status clustering analyses identified four five distinct risk profiles example among women obesity four profiles hypertensive profile likely pneumonia diabetic profile likely admitted icu analysis emphasizes complex interplay obesity gender health outcomes covid19 hospitalizations identified risk profiles highlight need personalized treatment strategies covid19 patients assist planning patterns deterioration future waves sarscov2 virus transmission research underscores importance tackling obesity major public health concern given interplay many health conditions including infectious diseases covid19