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We sought to evaluate the associations of 17 cardiometabolic traits with COVID-19 susceptibility and severity using 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods and findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We selected genetic variants associated with each exposure, including body mass index (BMI), at\n                      <jats:italic>p &lt;<\/jats:italic>\n                      5 \u00d7 10\n                      <jats:sup>\u22128<\/jats:sup>\n                      from genome-wide association studies (GWASs). We then calculated inverse-variance-weighted averages of variant-specific estimates using summary statistics for susceptibility and severity from the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative GWAS meta-analyses of population-based cohorts and hospital registries comprising individuals with self-reported or genetically inferred European ancestry. Susceptibility was defined as testing positive for COVID-19 and severity was defined as hospitalization with COVID-19 versus population controls (anyone not a case in contributing cohorts). We repeated the analysis for BMI with effect estimates from the UK Biobank and performed pairwise multivariable MR to estimate the direct effects and indirect effects of BMI through obesity-related cardiometabolic diseases. Using\n                      <jats:italic>p &lt;<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.05\/34 tests = 0.0015 to declare statistical significance, we found a nonsignificant association of genetically higher BMI with testing positive for COVID-19 (14,134 COVID-19 cases\/1,284,876 controls,\n                      <jats:italic>p =<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.002; UK Biobank: odds ratio 1.06 [95% CI 1.02, 1.10] per kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ;\n                      <jats:italic>p =<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.004]) and a statistically significant association with higher risk of COVID-19 hospitalization (6,406 hospitalized COVID-19 cases\/902,088 controls,\n                      <jats:italic>p =<\/jats:italic>\n                      4.3 \u00d7 10\n                      <jats:sup>\u22125<\/jats:sup>\n                      ; UK Biobank: odds ratio 1.14 [95% CI 1.07, 1.21] per kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>p =<\/jats:italic>\n                      2.1 \u00d7 10\n                      <jats:sup>\u22125<\/jats:sup>\n                      ). The implied direct effect of BMI was abolished upon conditioning on the effect on type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke, and chronic kidney disease. No other cardiometabolic exposures tested were associated with a higher risk of poorer COVID-19 outcomes. Small study samples and weak genetic instruments could have limited the detection of modest associations, and pleiotropy may have biased effect estimates away from the null.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this study, we found genetic evidence to support higher BMI as a causal risk factor for COVID-19 susceptibility and severity. 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