Table 3: Distribution of severe COVID-19 according to their epidemiological characteristics in the ETC at the Military Principal Hospital of Dakar, Senegal, 2020 (N = 238).
|
Variables |
Severe COVID-19 cases |
P |
|
|
Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
||
|
Groups of age (years) |
|
|
|
|
[16-45] |
2 (2.3) |
85 (97.7) |
- |
|
[45-65] |
16 (19.5) |
66 (80.5) |
0.002 |
|
≥ 65 |
17 (24.6) |
52 (75.4) |
< 0.001 |
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
Male |
19 (13.8) |
119 (86.2) |
0.63 |
|
Female |
16 (16) |
84 (84) |
|
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
Married |
27 (15.1) |
152 (84.9) |
Ref ** |
|
Single |
1 (2.6) |
37 (97.4) |
0.07 |
|
Divorced |
3 (33.3) |
6 (66.7) |
0.16 |
|
Widowed |
4 (33.3) |
8 (66.7) |
0.11 |
|
Smoking |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
3 (17.6) |
14 (82.4) |
0.72 |
|
No |
32 (14.5) |
189 (85.5) |
|
|
Comorbidities |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
26 (20.6) |
100 (79.4) |
0.007 |
|
No |
9 (8) |
103 (92) |
|
|
Asthma |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
2 (12.5) |
14 (87.5) |
1 |
|
No |
33 (14.9) |
189 (85.1) |
|
|
COPD |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
2 (100) |
0 (0) |
0.02 |
|
No |
33 (14) |
203 (86) |
|
|
High blood pressure |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
14 (21.9) |
50 (78.1) |
0.05 |
|
No |
21 (12.1) |
153 (87.9) |
|
|
Heart disease |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
4 (50) |
4 (50) |
0.02 |
|
No |
31 (13.5) |
199 (86.5) |
|
|
Diabetes mellitus |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
17 (28.8) |
42 (71.2) |
0.001 |
|
No |
18 (10.1) |
161 (89.9) |
|
|
Obesity |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
0 (0) |
5 (100) |
1 |
|
No |
35 (15) |
198 (85) |
|
|
Kidney disease |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
1 (50) |
1 (50) |
0.27 |
|
No |
34 (14.4) |
202 (85.6) |
|
**Reference