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Coronaplague Roundup: Age, obesity are biggest risk factors for hospitalization
2020-04-15

[NYPOST] When it comes to the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
, age and weight are more than just numbers.

In two new studies, NYU researchers found certain risk factors like age, obesity and chronic illness can lead to an increased risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients.

In one of the largest data reviews on COVID-19 cases so far, researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine found that age and chronic illness (cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, in particular) were the leading factors that led to hospitalization for COVID-19 patients. The study, which looked at reports on 4,103 patients from March 1 through April 2, is currently under peer review and has been pre-published online.

"The risk factors we identified for hospitalization in [COVID-19] are largely similar to those associated with any type of severe disease requiring hospitalization or ICU-level care, though we were surprised that cancer and chronic pulmonary disease did not feature more prominently in the risk models," the researchers wrote in the study. "For instance, while advanced age was by far the most important predictor of hospitalization . . . 54% of hospitalized patients were younger than 65 years. This is typical of the hospitalization pattern in viral respiratory disease."

In a separate study, researchers at NYU Langone Health found that patients under 60 were at a higher risk of hospitalization due to complications from COVID-19 if they were obese. The report, which was published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, looked at the data of 3,615 patients who tested positive for the coronavirus from March 4 to April 4.

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Health care workers are 10%-20% of US coronavirus cases
[AlAhram] Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other patients, officials reported Tuesday. But the data varied in how complete it was, researchers said. In 12 states that did a better job reporting on whether patients worked in medicine, around 11% of cases were health care workers.

Media reports said about 10% of cases in Italy and Spain were health care workers.

Compared with U.S. cases overall, larger proportions of diagnosed health care workers were women, were white, and were young or middle-aged adults. That's consistent with the demographics of who works in health care, researchers said.

About 10% of the health care workers were hospitalized with symptoms, compared with 21% to 31% of overall cases. That may reflect the younger age of the workers, as well as prioritization of testing for health care employees, the report said.
Posted by:Fred

#12  Where have you gone, Joe Mendiola /
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you...
Wu Wu Wu
Posted by: Lex   2020-04-15 16:46  

#11  #9 US colleges received millions from China, Russia, Saudi Arabia...and didn't report it
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-04-15 13:04  

#10  I want all of you to remember how they targeted the military with the refinance whore and still are for mortgage cheap while they threw you in garbage cans in their basements medical files! Nothing has changed kids they are still fucking all of you! Six people sick on a ship and resign and thousands announced sick on the news with that mentality the person or persons who compromised national security should be killed! They are still ducking all of you! Heros they are all hero's well I knew real fire fighters during 911 etc they were just doing their civil service job not foundations savers! They are ducking all of you! We need a free meal and a fund raiser for nurses and doctors who are making thousands etc. In overtime who cannot afford food they are fucking heros! Scam scam scam when does the bullshit lie end!?!
Posted by: Gromolet Snosing4764   2020-04-15 12:35  

#9  Insty: Harvard Announces Salary And Hiring Freezes, Discretionary Spending Reductions, Potential Deferral Of Capital Projects, And Leadership Salary Cuts

Might need to tap that massive endowment $? Heh
Posted by: Frank G   2020-04-15 07:57  

#8  But I am being told by the media that you are healthy at any size and in fact I should be celebrating spandex-clad land whales for their bravery!

Could I have been, gulp, lied to?
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-04-15 07:32  

#7  Not too "high". (Lol)
Posted by: Clem   2020-04-15 05:38  

#6  Now, some of us are just short for our weight.
Where does that fit in the stats?
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-04-15 02:44  

#5  Fat, careless, and stupid found to all be contributing factors.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-04-15 02:17  

#4  slowly at first...
Posted by: Lex   2020-04-15 02:14  

#3  tl;dr: Being unhealthy makes it easier to die
Posted by: SteveS   2020-04-15 01:45  

#2  Seems like certain risk factors like age, obesity and chronic illness can lead to an increased risk of hospitalization period.

It may be anecdotal, I understand.
Posted by: Bobby   2020-04-15 00:39  

#1  NYU researchers found certain risk factors like age, obesity and chronic illness can lead to an increased risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients.

Something seems to be missing here, for some reason /s
Posted by: KBK   2020-04-15 00:14  

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