A Large Retrospective Study of Epidemiological Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients in the North of Iran: Association between SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Ct Values with Demographic Data
Table 3
Demographic and comorbidity information of patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR based on discharge and death.
Variable
Total (N = 3246) number (%)
Discharged (N = 2911) number (%)
Death (N = 335) number (%)
value
Age
<1
32 (1)
31 (1.06)
1 (0.3)
<0.001
1–14
84 (2.6)
84 (2.9)
0 (0.0)
15–24
70 (2.1)
69 (2.4)
1 (0.3)
25–44
676 (20.8)
648 (22.3)
28 (8.4)
45–64
1251 (38.6)
1142 (39.2)
109 (32.5)
≥65
1133 (34.9)
937 (32.2)
196 (58.5)
Sex
Male
1632 (50.2)
1433 (49.2)
199 (59.4)
<0.001
Female
1618 (49.8)
1482 (50.8)
136 (40.6)
Comorbidity
Cardiovascular disease
1039 (32)
919 (31.5)
120 (35.8)
0.1
Kidney diseases
132 (4.1)
111 (3.8)
21 (6.3)
0.031
Diabetes
896 (27.6)
779 (26.7)
117 (34.9)
0.001
Hypertension
447 (13.8)
408 (14)
39 (11.6)
0.23
Malignancy
99 (3)
86 (3)
13 (3.9)
0.35
Respiratory disorder
105 (3.2)
86 (3)
19 (5.7)
0.008
Liver disease
25 (0.8)
21 (0.7)
4 (1.2)
0.35
GI diseases
39 (1.2)
35 (1.2)
4 (1.2)
0.9
Blood disorder
26 (0.8)
25 (0.9)
1 (0.3)
0.27
Brain and neurologic disorder
142 (4.4)
125 (4.3)
17 (5.1)
0.5
Pregnancy
32 (1.1)
31 (1.06)
1 (0.3)
0.17
Others
78 (2.4)
71 (2.5)
7 (2.1)
0.6
No comorbidity
1411 (43.4)
1298 (44.5)
113 (33.7)
<0.001
Comorbidity
1839 (56.6)
1617 (55.5)
222 (66.3)
P values of < 0.05 were considered statistically significant, and it is shown in bold.
