Can Obesity Prevalence Explain COVID-19 Indicators (Cases, Mortality, and Recovery)? A Comparative Study in OECD Countries

Table 1

Definition of indicators for COVID-19 and obesity.

Variable	Formula	Definition
Infected		Number of COVID-19 cases per 10,00,000 persons.
Severe		Relative prevalence of severe COVID-19 cases (1 percent = 1%).
Recovered		Relative prevalence of recovery (1 percent = 1%).
COVID-19	Already defined in % (1 percent = 1%)	COVID-19 as the cause of death from the total number of dead persons (1 percent = 1%).
Mortality		Relative frequency of death from COVID-19 (1 percent = 1%).
Overweight	Already defined in %	Relative frequency (1 percent = 1%) of overweight in the country (BMI ≥ 25).
Year	Irrelevant	The year in which the measurement took place.