Risk Factors for Mortality in 244 Older Adults With COVID‐19 in Wuhan, China: A Retrospective Study

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. E19 - E23
• Main Authors: Sun, Haiying, Ning, Ruoqi, Tao, Yu, Yu, Chong, Deng, Xiaoyan, Zhao, Caili, Meng, Silu, Tang, Fangxu, Xu, Dong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Betacoronavirus; Brief Report; Case-Control Studies; China - epidemiology; Coronaviridae; Coronavirus Infections - mortality; Coronavirus Infections - virology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID‐19‐Related Content; Death; Electronic medical records; Female; Fever; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Laboratories; Logistic Models; Lymphocytes; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; mortalityolder patientsrisk factors; Older people; Pandemics; Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data; Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data; Patients; Pneumonia, Viral - mortality; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; China; Wuhan China; COVID-19; mortalityolder patientsrisk factors

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Previous studies have reported that older patients may experience worse outcome(s) after infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 than younger individuals. This study aimed to identify potential risk factors for mortality in older patients with coronavirus...