Comorbidity and its impact on 1590 patients with COVID-19 in China: a nationwide analysis

20203,764 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Wei-Jie Guan · State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease

Wenhua Liang · Guangzhou Medical University

Yi Zhao · First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Heng-rui Liang · Guangzhou Medical University

Zi‐Sheng Chen · Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Yimin Li · First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Xiaoqing Liu

Abstract

Among laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19, patients with any comorbidity yielded poorer clinical outcomes than those without. A greater number of comorbidities also correlated with poorer clinical outcomes.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Chronic Disease Management Strategies COVID-19 epidemiological studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: European Respiratory Journal

Volume 55, Issue 5, pp. 2000547-2000547

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00547-2020

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