ArticleRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical2021
Risk factors for critical illness and death among adult Brazilians with COVID-19.
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- Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19 on the Indigenous Population of Brazil: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Pooled it
- Ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalisation, intensive care admission, and death: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of over 200 million study participants.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- The Immune, Inflammatory and Hematological Response in COVID-19 Patients, According to the Severity of the Disease.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Seroprevalence Of SARS-COV-2 infection in asymptomatic indigenous from the largest Brazilian periurban area.PloS one · 2023Article
- Identifying obesity and COVID-19 overlapping risk-factors: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- COVID-19's intra-urban inequalities and social vulnerability in a medium-sized city.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2022Article
- Specific Risk Factors for Fatal Outcome in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: Results from a European Multicenter Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- COVID-19 associated Mucormycosis (CAM): Should Brazil be on alert?Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has infected more than 9,834,513 Brazilians up to February 2021. Knowledge of risk factors of coronavirus disease among Brazilians remains scarce, especially in the adult population. This study verified the risk factors for intensive care unit admission and mortality for coronavirus disease among 20-59-year-old Brazilians.
methodsA Brazilian database on respiratory illness was analyzed on October 9, 2020, to gather data on age, sex, ethnicity, education, housing area, and comorbidities (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the risk factors for coronavirus disease.
resultsOverall, 1,048,575 persons were tested for coronavirus disease; among them, 43,662 were admitted to the intensive care unit, and 34,704 patients died. Male sex (odds ratio=1.235 and 1.193), obesity (odds ratio=1.941 and 1.889), living in rural areas (odds ratio=0.855 and 1.337), and peri-urban areas (odds ratio=1.253 and 1.577) were predictors of intensive care unit admission and mortality, respectively. Cardiovascular disease (odds ratio=1.552) was a risk factor for intensive care unit admission. Indigenous people had reduced chances (odds ratio=0.724) for intensive care unit admission, and black, mixed, East Asian, and indigenous ethnicity (odds ratio=1.756, 1.564, 1.679, and 1.613, respectively) were risk factors for mortality.
conclusionsRisk factors for intensive care unit admission and mortality among adult Brazilians were higher in men, obese individuals, and non-urban areas. Obesity was the strongest risk factor for intensive care unit admission and mortality.
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