December 15, 2020

Characteristics, Comorbidities and Survival Analysis of Young Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York City

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): candidate, clinical characteristics, ny, report, summarize, youth

In a cohort of young adults aged 18 to 35 years admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in New York City (n=395), 58% of patients had at least one major comorbidity. The mortality among those with at least one major comorbidity was 17% (40 of 229), compared to 9% (15 of 166) among those without a major comorbidity. Comorbidities associated with mortality were diabetes, hypertension, renal disease, and cardiac disease. [EDITORIAL NOTE: The mortality percentages in this summary were directly calculated from the numbers reported in the manuscript and differ from the percentages reported by the authors. The percentages in the manuscript use a denominator of all patients rather than separate denominators for those with and without comorbidities.] 

Altonen et al. (Dec 14, 2020). Characteristics, Comorbidities and Survival Analysis of Young Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York City. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243343