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Comorbidity and its impact on 1590 patients with COVID-19 in China: a nationwide analysis

European Respiratory Journal · 2020 · Vol. 55(5) · pp. 2000547–2000547

Wei-Jie Guan✉(State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease)Wenhua Liang(Guangzhou Medical University)Yi Zhao(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Heng-rui Liang(Guangzhou Medical University)Zi‐Sheng Chen(Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Yimin Li(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Xiaoqing Liu(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Ru-chong Chen(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Chun-li Tang(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Tao Wang(State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease)Chun‐Quan Ou(Southern Medical University)Li Li(Southern Medical University)Ping-Yan Chen(Southern Medical University)Ling Sang(State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease)Wei Wang(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Jian-fu Li(State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease)Caichen Li(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Li-min Ou(Guangzhou Medical University)Bo Cheng(State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease)Shan Xiong(State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease)Zheng-yi Ni(Jinyintan Hospital)Jie Xiang(Jinyintan Hospital)Yu Hu(Wuhan Union Hospital)Lei Liu(Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital)Hong Shan(Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University)Chun-liang Lei(Guangzhou Medical University)Yi-xiang Peng(Central Hospital of Wuhan)Li Wei(Wuhan No.1 Hospital)Yong Liu(Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu)Ya-hua Hu(Hubei Polytechnic University)Peng Peng(Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital)Jian Ming Wang(Wuhan University of Science and Technology)Jiyang Liu(The First Hospital of Changsha)Zhong Chen(Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Gang Li(Huanggang Central Hospital)Zhi-jian Zheng(The First People's Hospital of Wenling)Shao-qin Qiu(Second Hospital of Yichang)Jie Luo(Hubei University of Medicine)Chang-jiang YeShao-yong ZhuLin-ling Cheng(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Feng Ye(Guangzhou Medical University)Shi-yue Li(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Jin-ping Zheng(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Nuo-fu Zhang(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University)Nanshan Zhong(State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease)Jian-xing He(Guangzhou Medical University)

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Abstract

Among laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19, patients with any comorbidity yielded poorer clinical outcomes than those without. A greater number of comorbidities also correlated with poorer clinical outcomes.

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Chronic Disease Management Strategies COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMedicineComorbidityInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusIntensive care unitCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PopulationCOPDHazard ratioDisease