Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea

In Sook Kang; Kyoung Ae Kong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253640

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Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea

In Sook Kang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: pinkvision@ewha.ac.kr

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-683X

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Kyoung Ae Kong

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea

In Sook Kang,
Kyoung Ae Kong

Published: June 22, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253640

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A typo in figure 1

Posted by ikang592 on 24 Aug 2022 at 01:58 GMT

There are some typos of the BMI values. I have completed a request for correction, but it takes time.
BMI 2.3-24.9 -> 23-24.9 and 2.5-29.9 -> 25-29.9
I apologize for the mistake and inconvenience.

No competing interests declared.

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A typo in figure 1

Posted by ikang592 on 24 Aug 2022 at 01:58 GMT