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.