Predictors of life-threatening complications in relatively lower-risk patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Older individuals with chronic health conditions are at highest risk of adverse clinical outcomes from COVID-19, but there is widespread belief that risk to younger, relatively lower-risk individuals is negligible. We assessed the rate and predictors of life-threatening complications among relatively lower-risk adults hospitalized with COVID-19. Of 3766 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 to three hospitals in New York City from March to May 2020, 963 were relatively lower-risk based on absence of preexisting health conditions. Multivariable logistic regression models examined in-hospital development of life-threatening complications (major medical events, intubation, or death). Covariates included age, sex, race/ethnicity, hypertension, weight, insurance type, and area-level sociodemographi

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8846540 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature