Table 2. Bivariate analysis of associated factors for COVID-19 severity among patients.
| Associated factor | Total N = 137 |
Severity n = 60 |
Non-severity n = 77 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group, years | 0.202 | |||
| 18–34 | 24 | 7 (11.7) | 17 (22.1) | |
| 35–50 | 45 | 19 (31.7) | 26 (33.8) | |
| > 51 | 68 | 34 (56.7) | 34 (44.2) | |
| Gender | 0.010 | |||
| Male | 84 | 29 (48.3) | 55 (71.4) | |
| Female | 53 | 31 (51.7) | 22 (28.6) | |
| Contact history and disease exposure | ||||
| Traveling within last 14 days | 17 | 10 (16.7) | 7 (9.1) | 0.283 |
| Worked in a healthcare facility | 6 | 5 (8.3) | 1 (1.3) | 0.053 |
| Healthcare worker | 39 | 23 (38.3) | 16 (20.8) | 0.041 |
| Staying with an isolated COVID diagnosis patient | 57 | 30 (50.0) | 27 (35.1) | 0.078 |
| Attending mass gatherings in the last 14 days | 18 | 13 (21.7) | 5 (6.5) | 0.017 |
| Attend gathering with < 10 people | 28 | 18 (30.0) | 10 (13.0) | 0.034 |
| Admitted to hospital within the last 14 days | 71 | 38 (63.3) | 33 (42.9) | 0.027 |