Reply to the John Speakman Critique of “Impact of Obesity on COVID-19 Related Mortality: A Comment on Estimates in Popkin et al (2020)” Published in Obesity Reviews

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Popkin, Barry M.; Du, Shufa; Green, William D.; Beck, Melinda A.; Algaith, Taghred; Herbst, Christopher H.; Alsukait, Reem F.; Alluhidan, Mohammed; Alazemi, Nahar; & Shekar, Meera (2021). Reply to the John Speakman Critique of "Impact of Obesity on COVID-19 Related Mortality: A Comment on Estimates in Popkin et al (2020)" Published in Obesity Reviews. Obesity Reviews, 22(8), e13259.

Abstract

The author falls into a common problem for individuals not well schooled in epidemiological methods. We used for this study: odds ratios. These are different from relative risks. Moreover, we combined all obesity categories (often individuals with obesity and individuals with morbid obesity were presented separately). We combined them. In addition, for articles where the authors did not calculate RR's or ORs, we calculated them.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.13259

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Journal Article

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2021

Journal Title

Obesity Reviews

Author(s)

Popkin, Barry M.
Du, Shufa
Green, William D.
Beck, Melinda A.
Algaith, Taghred
Herbst, Christopher H.
Alsukait, Reem F.
Alluhidan, Mohammed
Alazemi, Nahar
Shekar, Meera

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Reply

ORCiD

Popkin - 0000-0001-9495-9324
Du - 0000-0003-1156-0866