Open AccessBaseline factors associated with death in a COVID-19 hospital cohort, Sao Paulo, 2020
Author(s) -
Thais Cláudia Roma de Oliveira Konstantyner,
Camila Bertini Martins,
Carla Gianna Luppi,
Suely Miyuki Yashiro,
Nívia Aparecida Pissaia Sanches,
Frederico Molina Cohrs,
Paulo Roberto Abrão Ferreira,
Eduardo Alexandrino Medeiros
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de saúde pública/revista de saúde pública
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.857
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1518-8787
pISSN - 0034-8910
DOI - 10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055003684
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , covid-19 , cohort study , cause of death , emergency medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This study aimed to verify socio-demographic and baseline clinical factors associated with death in a hospital cohort of patients with COVID-19. A retrospective cohort study was conducted between February and December 2020 in a university hospital in the city of São Paulo, using Hospital Epidemiology Center data. RT-PCR-positive patients were selected to compose the sample (n = 1,034). At the end of the study, 362 (32%) patients died. In this cohort, age equal to or greater than sixty years (HR = 1.49) and liver disease (HR = 1.81) were independent risk factors for death from COVID-19 associated with higher in-hospital mortality.