Patient characteristics associated with COVID-19 positivity and fatality in Nigeria: retrospective cohort study.
Kelly Osezele ElimianChinwe Lucia OchuBlessing EbhodaghePuja MylesEmily E CrawfordEhimario IgumborWinifred UkponuAdobola OlayinkaOlusola ArunaChioma Dan-NwaforOlatayo Ayodeji OlawepoOladipo OgunbodeRhoda AttehWilliam NwachukwuSudhir VenkatesanChijioke ObaghaSamuel NgisheKabir SuleimanMuhammad UsmanHakeem Abiola YusuffIfeoma NwadiutoAbbas Aliyu MohammedRabi UsmanNwando MbaOlaolu AderinolaElsie IloriJohn OladejoIbrahim AbubakarChikwe IhekweazuPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
The significant risk factors associated with COVID-19 positivity and subsequent mortality in the Nigerian population are similar to those reported in studies from other countries and should guide clinical decisions for COVID-19 testing and specialist care referrals.