Visceral fat shows strongest association with ICU need in patients with Covid-19

https://www.metabolismjournal.com/article/S0026-0495(20)30183-9/fulltext

by luu • 5 years ago

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fnord77• 5 years ago

An abnormal fat distribution, and in particular [Visceral Fat] expansion, is re-known to be associated with low grade inflammation and with the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin 6 (IL-6) [[14]].

nradov2• 5 years ago

No surprise there. Visceral fat has has long been associated with a higher risk of respiratory diseases. But it's good to see this confirmed for COVID-19.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20090306/belly-fat-bad-for-y...

pmiller2• 5 years ago

Your point probably stands, but COVID is not a respiratory disease. It's a vascular disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7556303/

johnyzee• 5 years ago

Your link is about 'belly fat', which is not visceral fat, but rather subcutaneous (under the surface of the skin, as opposed to internally around the organs).

Intuitively, it would seem that visceral (internal) fat might affect lung function more, but as the article states, the mechanism of impairment is not clear.

brailsafe2• 5 years ago

Seems like it's both actually, the more pronounced of which is visceral which seems to make up most of a beer belly.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/womens-health/i...

milofeynman• 5 years ago

Published:July 23, 2020

In terms of covid papers, this was published an eternity ago

mrslave• 5 years ago

But how do I lose it quickly?

nradov2• 5 years ago

You can't lose it quickly, at least not in a sustainable way. But you can lose it slowly just like other types of fat. Exercise more, eat less, and in particular reduce your sugar intake. There is some evidence that stress also causes accumulation of visceral fat so if you can find a way to relax that might help.

dvt• 5 years ago

I always think that this idea of "losing fat quickly" is kind of interesting. If you think about it, one year of your life is, on average, barely over a percent of your entire lifespan.

If you lifted weights or ran ~5 days a week for a year and ate appropriately, most people would probably end up looking like models. And that's just one year. To me, that's pretty darn quick. Basically, anything else of value takes like way longer: playing an instrument, getting good at a sport, getting an education. If you really think about it, the time investment is actually pretty minimal.

thefz2• 5 years ago

Fast. Pick the regimen that works for you and stick to it.

m0llusk• 5 years ago

fasting, and no sugar, booze, or starchy goodies

tinus_hn• 5 years ago

So we lock down gyms, close sports facilities and chastise people for going outside.

thefz2• 5 years ago

Can't agree with you more because I fall in the demographic affected by sport restriction, but the easiest way to lose body fat quickly is simply to not eat. Exercise/diet have a 30/70% contribution to one's weight loss. Our body is so damn efficient at burning fuel that it is simply faster not to introduce it, so exercise as a fat loss tool alone is not gonna cut it. It is however encouraged for the myriad other reasons it is good to us.

idanman• 5 years ago

Only 150 people with 35 intubated. There are several factors that could explain (at least part of) their results and one is age. They do mention that age denotes a statistically significant difference between intubation and no intubation under Table 1.

It is not easy to tell but depends on how you read this it could be that they had some data and they went fishing. You can always find correlations by fishing through the data and looking for when does the p-value become low enough [0] but its not a valid way to do data analysis. It is also data from one hospital and one region. I don't think you can draw too many conclusion from this one study.

It is published in a journal with impact factor of 6.36 and a metabolic journal. If this was a significant finding I would think they would publish in a higher impact factor journal.

So overall it calls for some skepticism. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dredging

netmonk• 5 years ago

COVID19 is fatshaming from Mother Nature.

Visceral fat shows strongest association with ICU need in patients with Covid-19

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