Predictors of severe COVID-19 in a registry-based Swedish cohort of patients with COPD

Eur Respir J. 2021 Nov 11;58(5):2101920. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01920-2021. Print 2021 Nov.

Abstract

Older age, male sex, low educational level, symptom burden, degree of obstruction, underweight, obesity, comorbidity and prior COPD inpatient or secondary care predict severe COVID-19 in patients with COPD https://bit.ly/2VHZIEm

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / epidemiology
  • Registries
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Sweden / epidemiology