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A geographical approach to the development of hypotheses relating to Covid-19 death rates 

Margaret Skutsch1*^, Roger Seheult2,3 and Jaime Loya1 

1Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, campus Morelia, Mexico

2Loma Linda University School of Medicine, USA

3University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, USA

^ Present address: Groenewegje 125, 2515LR The Hague, Netherlands

*Correspondence: mskutsch@ciga.unam.mx, Tel: +31629216103         

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Fig. SM1: Map showing countries by cluster.                   

 

Table SM1:  List of countries per cluster.


Cluster 1Cluster 2Cluster 3Cluster 4
High %BMI, high deaths   (n=22)Low %BMI, low deaths (N=66)High %BMI , low deaths (n=50)High %BMI, medium deaths (n=46)




ArgentinaAngolaAfghanistanAlbania
ArmeniaBangladeshAlgeriaAndorra
BelgiumBeninAustraliaAntigua and Barbuda
Bosnia and Herzegov.BhutanAzerbaijanAustria
BrazilBruneiBahrainBahamas
BulgariaBurkina FasoBarbadosBelize
ColombiaBurundiBelarusBolivia
CroatiaCambodiaCanadaBotswana
CzechiaCameroonCubaChile
GeorgiaCape VerdeCyprusCosta Rica
HungaryCentral African RepublicDenmarkEcuador
LatviaChadDominicaEstonia
LithuaniaChinaDominican RepublicFrance
MoldovaComorosEgyptGermany
MontenegroCongoEl SalvadorGreece
North MacedoniaCote d'IvoireFijiGrenada
PolandDR CongoFinlandGuyana
RomaniaDjiboutiGuatemalaHonduras
SlovakiaEquatorial GuineaHaitiIran
SloveniaEritreaIcelandIreland
United StatesEswatiniIraqItaly

EthiopiaIsraelJordan

GabonJamaicaLebanon

GambiaKazakhstanLuxembourg

GhanaKuwaitMalaysia

GuineaKyrgyzstanMexico

Guinea-BissauMaltaNamibia

IndiaMongoliaNetherlands

IndonesiaMoroccoPanama

JapanNew ZealandParaguay

KenyaNicaraguaPortugal

LaosNorwayRussia

LesothoOmanSaint Lucia

LiberiaPapua New GuineaSerbia

MadagascarQatarSouth Africa

MalawiSaint Kitts and NevisSpain

MaldivesS.Vincent/GrenadinesSuriname

MaliSamoaSweden

MauritaniaSaudi ArabiaSwitzerland

MauritiusSolomon IslandsTrinidad and Tobago

MozambiqueSyriaTunisia

MyanmarTajikistanUkraine

NepalTongaUnited Kingdom

NigerTurkeyUruguay

NigeriaUnited Arab Emirates

PakistanUzbekistan

PhilippinesVanuatu

RwandaVenezuela

Sao Tome and PrincipeYemen

Senegal


Seychelles


Sierra Leone


Singapore


Somalia


South Korea


Sri Lanka


Sudan


Tanzania


Thailand


Timor


Togo


Uganda


Vietnam


Zambia


Zimbabwe



Table SM2: Linear regression for countries with high percentage overweight.

 

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Table SM3. Linear regression model for countries in combined clusters 2 and 3.


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Please cite this paper as:

Skutsch, M., Seheult, R. and Loya, J. 2022. A geographical approach to the development of hypotheses relating to Covid-19 death rates. Melatonin Research. 5, 3 (Sep. 2022), 278-294.