United States of America
Prospective cohort study
Medical records
5279
5279 patients with laboratory confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) infection between 1 March 2020 and 8 April 2020
The median age of the study population that tested positive for covid-19 was 54 years (interquartile range 38-66 years), and 2615 (49.5%) were men. A total of 1195 (22.6%) had diabetes, 1865 (35.3%) were obese (BMI ?30), and 2752 (52.1%) had any form of cardiovascular disease. 2741 (51.9%) required admission to hospital, 990/2741 (36.1%) experienced critical illness,
Median
7 Day
COVID-19 (death)
665
death among inpatients (who were discharged to a hospice or died to date)
Comorbidities
Hyperlipidaemia
none
Not present
Present
Hazard ratio
0.980 (0.820-1.170)
No
Yes
Admission date, age, gender, race, smoking, BMI, Coronary artery disease, Heart failure, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Chronic kidney disease, Cancer, Temperature on presentation, Oxygen saturation on presentation, First lymphocyte count, First creatinine, First C reactive protein, First D-dimer, First ferritin, First procalcitonin, First troponin
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