A U-shaped protection of altitude against mortality and infection of COVID-19 in Peru: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in multiple ways and has been a challenge for the health systems of each country. From the beginning, risk factors for the severity and mortality of the disease were considered, as the spread of the virus was related to the living conditions of each population.

Methods

In this ecological study we have evaluated the role of geography, precisely the altitude above sea level in the incidence and mortality of COVID-19 in Peru. Incidence and mortality data were taken from the open-access database of the government of Peru until March 2021. COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 mortality were treated as cases/density population and 1000 x cases/inhabitants while altitude was treated as continuous and as a categorical variable divided i

SUBMITTER: Baquerizo-Sedano L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234586 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature