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Characteristics and Risk Factors of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March-April 2020
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Characteristics and Risk Factors of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March-April 2020

Kristen Pettrone, Eleanor Burnett, Ruth Link-Gelles, Sarah C. Haight, Caroline Schrodt, Lucinda England, Danica J. Gomes, Mays Shamout, Kevin O'Laughlin, Anne Kimball, …
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.27(4), pp.1164-1168
04/01/2021
DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.204709
PMCID: PMC8007327
PMID: 33754981
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https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204709View
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Abstract

We compared the characteristics of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients who had coronavirus disease in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We found that risk for hospitalization increased with a patient's age and number of concurrent conditions. We also found a potential association between hospitalization and high hemoglobin A1c levels in persons with diabetes.
Immunology Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology

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