Presenting the characteristics, smoking versus diabetes, and outcome among patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Hassan M AbbasKawthar F NassirQutaiba Ahmed Al Khames AgaAli A Al-GharawiJawad I RasheedMuhammed W Al-ObaidyAdnan M Al JubouriAli S JaberLuma A Al Khames AgaPublished in: Journal of medical virology (2020)
Multiple comorbidities are closely related to the severity of COVID-19 disease progression and the higher mortality rate. Smokers presented as mild cases compared to diabetic and diabetic + smoking patients, who presented as severe to critical cases. Although a higher death rate in smokers was seen compared with healthy patients, this was smaller when compared to diabetic and diabetic + smoking patients.