Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in the young-before and after ICU admission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Factors associated with severe COVID-19 and death among young adults are not fully understood, including differences between the sexes. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with severe COVID-19 requiring intensive care and 90-day mortality among women and men below 50 years of age.

Methods

A register-based study using data from mandatory national registers, where patients with severe COVID-19 admitted to the ICU with need for mechanical ventilation (cases) between March 2020 and June 2021 were matched regarding age, sex, and district of residence with 10 population-based controls. Both the study population and the controls were divided into groups based on age (< 50 years, 50-64, and ≥ 65 years) and sex. Multivariate logistic regression models

SUBMITTER: Kampe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127156 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature