Factors Associated with the Severity of Covid-19 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Wallaa Khalid Albishi, Iman K Ramadan, Sumyia Mehrin MD Abulkalam, Hanan Abdullah Alsaab, Mohammed Y. Bin Hayd, Mohammad A. AL-Ghamdi, Rajaa Al-Raddadi

Abstract

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 caused a major outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The disease was declared a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). The disease caused over 8 million confirmed cases and almost 450,000 deaths. Our study aims to explore all risk factors associated with Covid-19 severity among hospitalized patients. Methods: Hospital-based records are retrospectively collected from a cohort of admitted RT-PCR COVID-19-positive patients aged 18 years and older. ISARIC data collection form was used to collect all potential risk factors. Logistic regression is used to calculate crude and adjusted OR. Statistical analyses will be done using STATA v·13·0. Results: 224 hospitalized Covid-19 patients were collected. The mean age was 48·6 (SD±15·1) years old. Patients among the severe to critical cases were significantly older than patients among the mild to moderate cases with a mean of 53·2 (SD±13·4) vs 43·4 (SD±15·2) (p

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