Scientists from the Israeli Sheba Medical Center managed to find out. that people with a higher body mass index have stronger immunity, providing a lower risk of reinfection with a new coronavirus. Information on this topic was shared by the portal ISRAEL21.

A study conducted by Israeli experts on the immune response obtained in people who recovered from COVID-19 and in those who have never been infected with SARS-CoV-2, but received two shots of the Pfizer vaccine, showed interesting results.

In total, 130 volunteers who had coronavirus infection were invited for the study, as well as 402 people who received protection after the introduction of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.. All participants were overweight. As it turned out, a month later, the level of antibodies in the vaccinated differed in an increased amount - in contrast to the participants from the first group.. However, pretty soon - it was the indicator of the number of protective cells among those who received the vaccine that went down quite sharply..

Another important finding was the identification of more sustained high antibody levels among those who recovered from COVID-19 and had a BMI above 30..

“Our results showed that coronavirus survivors who also had a BMI over 30 were more protected by antibodies against reinfection with the novel coronavirus,” said Dr. Carmit Cohen..

More research in this area will help determine why it is in overweight people who have had COVID-19 that antibodies have a higher degree of protection..

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