Predictors of mortality in hospitalized African American COVID-19 patients with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) manifest differently depending on patients' background and pre-existing conditions. It remains unclear how African Americans with cancer have been affected in comparison to those without. In this study, we aim to identify demographic, clinical, and laboratory markers associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients with cancer.

Methods

We reviewed all COVID-19 hospitalized patients' records from Dec. 2019 to Oct. 2021 at Howard University Hospital. Patients having a history of, or active, cancer were reviewed. Clinical, treatment, lab test values, and pathological data were extracted. Univariable and multivariable analyses were conducted on the entire cohort as well as on cases and controls separately, using SPSS software.

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SUBMITTER: Challa SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11009794 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature