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. 2020 Dec 14;15(12):e0243343. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243343

Table 5. Comorbidities in young adults COVID-19 admissions.

Comorbidities by Age Group, Number of Patients (%, for denominator n = 395)          
Alive (n = 340) Deceased (n = 55) All (n = 395) 
No comorbidities   151(38.2)     15 (3.8)   166 (42.1)
One or more comorbidities   189(47.8)     40 (10)   229 (57.9)
Age Distributions, years 18–23 24–29 30–35 18–23 24–29 30–35 Group Sums 
Total Number of Patients (%) 40 (11.8) 93 (27.4) 207 (60.9) 3 (5.5) 19 (34.5) 33 (60.0) 395
No comorbidities 12 (3.0) 49 (12.4) 90 (22.8) 1 (0.3) 7 (1.8) 7 (1.8) 166
Patients with
Asthma 8 (2.0) 16 (4.1) 31 (7.8)   3 (0.8) 5 (1.3) 63
Obstructive sleep apnea   4 (1) 11 (2.8)   2 (0.5) 2 (0.5) 10
Other chronic pulmonary diagnosis   1 (0.3) 2 (0.5)     1 (0.3) 4
Hypertension 2 (0.5) 4 (1) 24 (6.1)   5 (1.3) 9 (2.3) 44
Diabetes mellitus 68
    Type I diabetes mellitus 1 (0.3) 5 (1.3) 2 (0.5) 1 (0.3) 7 (1.8) 11 (2.8)
    Type II diabetes mellitus 4 (1) 7 (1.8) 24 (6.1)      
    Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy     5 (1.3)      
    Prediabetes     3 (0.8)      
Renal diagnoses 19
    Nephrotic syndrome     1 (0.3)      
    Chronic kidney disease     1 (0.3)      
    Chronic kidney disease, stage 4     1 (0.3)      
    Chronic kidney disease, stage 5     1 (0.3)      
    End stage renal disease   2 (0.5) 7 (1.8)   1 (0.3) 2 (0.5)
    Chronic kidney disease, unspecified          1 (0.3) 1 (0.3)
    Neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder         1 (0.3)  
Cardiac diagnoses 17
    Atherosclerotic heart disease     2 (0.5)      
    Acute and subacute infective endocarditis         1 (0.3)
    Right bundle-branch block     1 (0.3)      
    Pre-excitation syndrome           1 (0.3)
    Atrial fibrillation           1 (0.3)
    Diastolic (congestive) heart failure     2 (0.5)      
    Heart Failure   1 (0.3)       1 (0.3)
    Cardiomegaly           1 (0.3)
    Cardiac murmur 1 (0.3)   1 (0.3)      
    Ebstein's anomaly      1 (0.3)      
    Congenital insufficiency of aortic valve 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3)      
    Chronic combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure 1 (0.3)
    Tachycardia 1 (0.3)        
Neurologic diagnoses 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 8 (2) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 13
Endocrine 2 (0.5) 2 (0.5) 5 (1.3)   1 (0.3) 2 (0.5) 12
Immunosuppression 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 6 (1.5) 1 (0.3)     9
Malignancy 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 3 (0.8)       5
Autoimmune diagnoses   1 (0.3) 4 (1)    
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome [Kawasaki] 1 (0.3)          
Pre-eclampsia   1 (0.3)