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Presenting the characteristics, smoking versus diabetes, and outcome among patients hospitalized with COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Abbas Hassan M.,
Nassir Kawthar F.,
Al Khames Aga Qutaiba A.,
AlGharawi Ali A.,
Rasheed Jawad I.,
ALObaidy Muhammed W.,
Al Jubouri Adnan M.,
Jaber Ali S.,
Al Khames Aga Luma A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.26487
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , hazard ratio , comorbidity , confidence interval , covid-19 , disease , mortality rate , infectious disease (medical specialty) , endocrinology
Methods We designed a cross‐sectional, observational follow‐up for 284 COVID‐19 patients involving healthy patients, smokers, diabetics, and diabetic plus smokers recruited from May 1, 2020 to June 25, 2020. The clinical features, severity, duration, and outcome of the disease were analyzed. Results Of 284 COVID‐19 patients, the median age was 48 years (range, 18–80), and 33.80% were female. Common symptoms included fever (85.56%), shortness of breath (49.65%), cough (45.42%), and headache (40.86%). Patients with more than one comorbidity (diabetes and smoking) presented as severe‐critical cases compared to healthy patients, diabetics, and smokers. Smokers presented with a lower rate of death in comparison to diabetic patients and diabetic + smoking, furthermore, smoking was less risky than diabetes. Although the mortality rate was high in patients with smokers compared to healthy patients (4.22%, the hazard ratio [HR], 1.358; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.542–1.100; p = .014), it was less than in diabetics (7.04%, HR 1.531, 95% CI: 1.668–1.337, p = .000), and diabetic plus smoker (10.00%, HR, 1.659; 95% CI, 1.763–1.510; p = .000). Conclusion Multiple comorbidities are closely related to the severity of COVID‐19 disease progression and the higher mortality rate. Smokers presented as mild cases compared to diabetic and diabetic + smoking patients, who presented as severe to critical cases. Although a higher death rate in smokers was seen compared with healthy patients, this was smaller when compared to diabetic and diabetic + smoking patients.