People with kidney disease have a THREE-FOLD higher risk of dying from COVID-19
People with kidney disease are THREE-FOLD higher risk of dying from COVID-19 compared to healthy patients – and with heart disease or high blood pressure DOUBLES the mortality risk
- Researchers compared hospital patients with coronavirus with pre-existing conditions without underlying health problems
- Coronavirus patients with diabetes or cancer were 1.5 times more likely to die than those without the conditions
- Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, or congestive heart failure were twice as likely to die
- COVID-19 patients in hospital with chronic kidney disease, who were three times more likely to die
Some pre-existing conditions can seriously increase the risk of death from the new coronavirus, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that having underlying conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and kidney disease, can increase the risk of death from COVI9-19 from 1.5 to 3 times compared to healthy patients.
The team, from Penn State University College of Medicine, says the findings could help clinicians know which patients to keep a close eye on and help health officials develop interventions to target high-risk populations.
A new hospital at Penn State University found that hospitalized COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, or congestive heart failure were twice as likely to die. Pictured: A health professional cares for a patient in the COVID-19 unit of the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, July 2
“This study suggests that not only are these chronic conditions common in patients with COVID-19, but their presence is a warning of a higher risk of death,” said Paddy Ssentongo, a doctoral student of epidemiology at the College of Medicine.
“There is a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease and hypertension around the world and in the US in particular. With the survival of COVID-19 in the US, this connection will become critical. ‘
For the study, published in PLOS Onethe team conducted a review of studies published between December 2019 and July 2020.
They looked at 11 pre-existing conditions that pose a risk of serious illness and death for COVID-19 patients.
These include: asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, HIV / AIDS, and stroke.
Data were analyzed from more than 65,000 patients worldwide with an average age of 61 years.
Compared to hospitalized COVID-19 patients with no pre-existing conditions, underlying health problems significantly increased the risk of death.
Coronavirus patients with diabetes or cancer were 1.5 times more likely to die than those without the conditions.
Meanwhile, hospitalized COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, or congestive heart failure were twice as likely to die.
The greatest risk was for coronavirus patients hospitalized with chronic kidney disease who were three times more likely to die.
“While the health care community has disseminated anecdotal information about the impact of these risk factors on COVID-19 mortality, our systematic review and meta-analysis is the most comprehensive to date attempting to quantify risk,” said senior author Dr. Vernon Chinchilli. , professor and chair of public health sciences.
‘As the COVID-19 pandemic will continue through 2020 and probably 2021, we expect other researchers to build on our work.’
For future research, the team hopes to study how factors such as race and ethnicity influence COVID-19 survival rates.
However, they add that the findings can help lead to prevention and treatment strategies for people at high risk.
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