Table 2.
Different studies linked with COVID-19 and various comorbidities
Study reference | Country name/study design | Number of patients | Major findings |
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Nishiga et al. (2020) | Multi-center cohort study in Wuhan, China | 191 patients | Cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients and risk factors such as diabetes, and HTN are at extreme risk of developing COVID-19 manifestations |
Manolis et al. (2020) | US | 700 COVID patients | Prevalence of AF, cardiac arrest in COVID-19 patients |
Gérard et al. (2020) | Israel | 16 patients (case: COVID positive and control: COVID-negative groups) | No difference in the signs of auditory damage in the two groups |
Ad’hiah et al. (2020) | Iraq | 901 control blood group donors and 1104 COVID patients | Blood group A has an elevated the risk of developing COVID-19 |
Wang et al. (2020) | Wuhan, China | 138 patients | CFR and mortality rate in patients with and without comorbid conditions were observed |