Impact of Age and Variant Time Period on Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of age and COVID-19 variant time period on morbidity and mortality among those hospitalized with COVID-19.

Patients and methods

Patients from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines COVID-19 cardiovascular disease registry (January 20, 2020-February 14, 2022) were divided into groups based on whether they presented during periods of wild type/alpha, delta, or omicron predominance. They were further subdivided by age (young: 18-40 years; older: more than 40 years), and characteristics and outcomes were compared.

Results

The cohort consisted of 45,421 hospitalized COVID-19 patients (wild type/alpha period: 41,426, delta period: 3349, and omicron period: 646). Among young patients (18-40 years), presentation during delta

SUBMITTER: Srivastava PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10507578 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature