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

Table 3

Descriptive statistics–pooled sample.

Variable	N	OECD countries	Mean	Median	(Standard error)
Infected	180	23	1,275.96^∗∗∗ [973.82, 1,578.09]	243.16	(153.11)
Severe	180	23	1.25^∗∗∗ [1.14, 1.37]	0.99	(0.0577)
Recovered	151	22	46.57^∗∗∗ [41.75, 51.40]	38.15	(2.44)
COVID-19	165	21	8.73^∗∗∗ [7.12, 10.34]	1.5	(0.815)
Mortality	180	23	5.15^∗∗∗ [4.51, 5.80]	2.83	(0.33)
Overweight	180	23	48.49^∗∗∗ [46.01, 50.97]	54.6	(1.26)
Year	180	23	2004.26 [2002.75, 2005.76]	2007	(0.76)

Note: The YEAR variable spans from 1978 to 2018. The OVERWEIGHT variable is calculated as the prevalence of persons in the population whose . Standard errors =  are given in parentheses. [95%] confidence intervals are given in [square] brackets. ^∗∗∗ for rejection of the null hypothesis of equality to zero.