Assessment of mortality from COVID-19 in a multicultural multi-ethnic patient population.
Satish Chandrasekhar NairHuda Imam GasmelseedAsad Afroz KhanIbrahim Nageh KhafagyJayadevan SreedharanAqeel Aziz SaleemHashim Ibrahim AbdrhmanAhmed Husain AlhosaniAmatur Rahman SiddiquaAmna Riaz AhmedAya Imad ShubbarAbdul Rahman AleissaeeAbdulrahman Wael AlanqarAlan Mohammad HamadehFatmah Ali SafdaniFuad Wardan HabbalHaneen Bassam ChokerKhlood Mustafa BashirMaitha Ali AlblooshiMajd Munir FarajallahMohamed Nasir AlzaabiRajish Sanjit Kumar ShilSaif Saeed AlshehhiWafa Fayez DoulehPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
Our study indicates that older ages above 51 years and kidney disease increased mortality significantly in COVID-19 patients. Ethnicity was not significantly associated with mortality in the UAE population. Our findings are important in the management of the COVID-19 disease in the region with similar economic, social, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.