Hubungan Indeks Massa Tubuh dengan Keparahan dan Mortalitas Pasien Covid-19

Covid-19 is a novel viral disease resulting in many casualties around the world, including in Indonesia. By the 19th of January 2022, the death rate is 3.36% higher than the world’s, i.e., 1.64%. Covid-19 -related death is caused by several factors; one of them is body mass index (BMI). A patient’s BMI affects the clinical condition as well as the severity of the case. Increasing BMI is believed to be a risk and mortality factor for Covid-19 patients. This research aimed at identifying the relationship between BMI and the severity as well as mortality of Covid-19 patients. From March 2020 to June 2021, as many as 345 in-patients at RSU Haji Surabaya were studied using the retrospective cohort research method. The data were analyzed using Chi-square with <0.05 significance value to see the relationship amongst its test variables. The results indicated that there was no significant relationship between body mass index and severity and mortality in Covid-19 patients. Therefore, it can be concluded that the severity and mortality of Covid-19 patients in Indonesia were not dependent only on the increase in BMI.