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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021;27(4):1164-1168.
doi: 10.3201/eid2704.204709.
Characteristics and Risk Factors of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March-April 2020
Kristen Pettrone, Eleanor Burnett, Ruth Link-Gelles, Sarah C Haight, Caroline Schrodt, Lucinda England, Danica J Gomes, Mays Shamout, Kevin O'Laughlin, Anne Kimball, Erin F Blau, Chandresh N Ladva, Christine M Szablewski, Melissa Tobin-D'Angelo, Nadine Oosmanally, Cherie Drenzek, Sean D Browning, Beau B Bruce, Juliana da Silva, Jeremy A W Gold, Brendan R Jackson, Sapna Bamrah Morris, Pavithra Natarajan, Robyn Neblett Fanfair, Priti R Patel, Jessica Rogers-Brown, John Rossow, Karen K Wong, David J Murphy, James M Blum, Julie Hollberg, Benjamin Lefkove, Frank W Brown, Tom Shimabukuro, Claire M Midgley, Jacqueline E Tate, Marie E Killerby
Abstract
We compared the characteristics of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients who had coronavirus disease in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We found that risk for hospitalization increased with a patient's age and number of concurrent conditions. We also found a potential association between hospitalization and high hemoglobin A1c levels in persons with diabetes.
Keywords: Atlanta; COVID-19; Georgia; SARS-CoV-2; United States; age; care seeking; concurrent conditions; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; risk factors; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; symptoms; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021;27(4):1164-1168.
doi: 10.3201/eid2704.204709.
Characteristics and Risk Factors of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March-April 2020
Kristen Pettrone, Eleanor Burnett, Ruth Link-Gelles, Sarah C Haight, Caroline Schrodt, Lucinda England, Danica J Gomes, Mays Shamout, Kevin O'Laughlin, Anne Kimball, Erin F Blau, Chandresh N Ladva, Christine M Szablewski, Melissa Tobin-D'Angelo, Nadine Oosmanally, Cherie Drenzek, Sean D Browning, Beau B Bruce, Juliana da Silva, Jeremy A W Gold, Brendan R Jackson, Sapna Bamrah Morris, Pavithra Natarajan, Robyn Neblett Fanfair, Priti R Patel, Jessica Rogers-Brown, John Rossow, Karen K Wong, David J Murphy, James M Blum, Julie Hollberg, Benjamin Lefkove, Frank W Brown, Tom Shimabukuro, Claire M Midgley, Jacqueline E Tate, Marie E Killerby
- PMID: 33754981
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.204709
Abstract
We compared the characteristics of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients who had coronavirus disease in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We found that risk for hospitalization increased with a patient's age and number of concurrent conditions. We also found a potential association between hospitalization and high hemoglobin A1c levels in persons with diabetes.
Keywords: Atlanta; COVID-19; Georgia; SARS-CoV-2; United States; age; care seeking; concurrent conditions; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; risk factors; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; symptoms; viruses; zoonoses.