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To identify sociodemographic factors, clinical presentations, and underlying comorbidities associated with disease severity and mortality among individuals with COVID-19.

May 25, 2021BMC Infectious DiseasesOpen Access

Sociodemographic determinants and clinical risk factors associated with COVID-19 severity: a cross-sectional analysis of over 200,000 patients in Tehran, Iran

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MSMohammad-Reza SohrabiBam University of Medical Sciences RARozhin AminYork University ABAyad BahadorimonfaredShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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Cross-sectional study identifies key clinical and demographic predictors of severe COVID-19 outcomes, highlighting vulnerable groups requiring targeted medical intervention.

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To identify sociodemographic factors, clinical presentations, and underlying comorbidities associated with disease severity and mortality among individuals with COVID-19.
Conducted a multi-centre descriptive study of 205,654 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Tehran province, Iran, between March and December 2020.
Evaluated sociodemographic data, clinical presentations, underlying medical conditions, and clinical outcomes using Chi-squared tests and multiple logistic regression models.
The overall ICU admission rate was 17.8% and total mortality was 10.0%, with approximately half of patients presenting with low blood oxygen saturation.
Older age, male sex, and preexisting comorbidities—including hypertension, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, chronic kidney diseases, chronic liver diseases, neurological disorders, and HIV/AIDS—were associated with poor outcomes.
Specific presenting clinical features indicating worse prognosis included fever, difficulty breathing, impaired consciousness, and cutaneous manifestations.

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Sohrabi et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9a658d4555fef441867e78 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06179-4

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Cross-sectional study identifies key clinical and demographic predictors of severe COVID-19 outcomes, highlighting vulnerable groups requiring targeted medical intervention.

Sociodemographic determinants and clinical risk factors associated with COVID-19 severity: a cross-sectional analysis of over 200,000 patients in Tehran, Iran

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Sociodemographic determinants and clinical risk factors associated with COVID-19 severity: a cross-sectional analysis of over 200,000 patients in Tehran, Iran

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