Table 1: Distribution of patients with COVID-19 according to their epidemiological characteristics in the ETC at the Military Principal Hospital of Dakar, Senegal, 2020 (N = 238).

Variables

Frequency (n)

Percentages (%)

Group of ages (years)

 

 

[16-45]

87

36.6

[45-65]

82

34.5

≥ 65

69

28.9

Gender

 

 

Female

100

42

Male

138

58

Marital status

 

 

Single

38

16

Married

179

75.2

Widowed

12

5

Divorced

9

3.8

Nationalities

 

 

Senegalese

226

95

Lebanese-Senegalese

7

2.9

Others

5

2.1

Smokers

 

 

None

221

92.9

Current

4

1.6

Famer

13

5.5

Comorbidities

126

52.9

High blood pressure

64

26.9

Heat disease

8

3.4

Diabetes mellitus

59

24.8

Asthma

16

6.7

COPD*

2

0.8

Chronic kidney disease

2

0.8

Obesity

5

2.1

*Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease