Obesity Strongly Predicts COVID-19-Related Major Clinical Adverse Events in Coptic Clergy.

ABSTRACT: The Coptic clergy, due to their specific work involving interaction with many people, could be subjected to increased risk of infection from COVID-19. The aim of this study, a sub-study of the COVID-19-CVD international study of the impact of the pandemic on the cardiovascular system, was to assess the prevalence of COVID-19 among Coptic priests and to identify predictors of clinical adverse events. Participants were geographically divided into three groups: Group-I: Europe and USA, Group II: Northern Egypt, and Group III: Southern Egypt. Participants' demographic indices, cardiovascular risk factors, possible source of infection, number of liturgies, infection management, and major adverse events (MAEs), comprising death, or mechanical ventilation, were assessed. Out of the 1570 clergy se

SUBMITTER: Henein MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8269321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature