Leung (2020)
Risk factors for predicting mortality in elderly patients with COVID-19: a review of clinical data in China
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2020.111255
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7184979/
Symptoms
Body temperature (Fever present vs. Not present)
COVID-19 (death)
Odds ratio: 0.230 (0.080-0.640) Adjusted model

China

Retrospective observational study

Medical records

154

Elderly patients were defined as those diagnosed with COVID-19 of age 60 or above.

Due to data availability, clinical data of individuals reported by the media and Chinese health authorities were sought by performing a search on Google. Two searches were performed, one with the search terms “death”, “pneumonia” and “age” for the clinical data of deceased patients whereas the other with the search terms “discharge”, “pneumonia” and “age” for the clinical data of surviving patients that served as controls. The inclusion criteria were (i) elderly patients diagnosed with COVID-19, (ii) exact date of discharge or death, and (iii) symptoms on admission.

0


COVID-19 (death)

89

Deceased patients


Symptoms

Body temperature

not defined

Not present

Fever present


Odds ratio

0.230 (0.080-0.640)

Yes

No

Yes

Age, Travel history, Time from symptom onset to admission, Symptoms (Cough, Dyspnoea, Fever, Lethargy, Chest pain/ discomfort, Headache, Urinary incontinence, Vomiting, Muscle ache, Chill, Diarrhoea, Dizziness, Sore throat, Nasal congestion/rhinorrhea)


review

Average

No