Association of Pre-Existing Comorbidities with Disease Severity Among COVID-19 Patients in Eastern Ethiopia.
Bedasa Taye MergaGalana Mamo AyanaTemam Beshir RaruAddisu AlemuBelay NegashMiressa BekanaAbdi BirhanuYadeta DessiePublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2022)
The comorbid conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, and marital status were identified as significant predictors of severe outcomes of COVID-19. Therefore, identifying the people with chronic comorbidities as a risk group would help to anticipate and prevent the serious outcomes of COVID-19 infection.