Conclusion
The most important finding of this study was the significantly higher mortality and intensive care requirement in metabolic syndrome patients hospitalized with COVID 19 pneumonia. Another important result was that COVID 19 patients with metabolic syndrome had lower oxygen saturations, higher CRP levels and more widespread radiological involvement at the time of admission, and that longer hospital follow-up was required in these patients. Presence of metabolic syndrome, CAD, hypertension, diabetes, COPD, increased CRP, radiological weight score, total length of stay, ICU length of stay, hypertriglyceridemia, and transfer to ICU were statistically associated with increased mortality.