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Abstract

MOYA-SALAZAR, Jeel et al. Risk factors in rural Andean population with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study. Infect. [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.4, pp.256-261.  Epub July 19, 2021. ISSN 0123-9392.  https://doi.org/10.22354/in.v25i4.957.

Objective:

To determine the risk factors in adults with COVID-19 in the rural Andean population during 2020.

Methods:

This multicenter retrospective cohort study included 184 adult patients (≥18 years) with COVID-19’s serological and molecular tests from three Hospitals in the Peruvian mountains (Ancash and Apurímac) included with clinical suspicion between April and June. Descriptive analysis and univariate logistic regression were used to explore the risk factors associated with patients with COVID-19.

Results:

Of total of patients, 14 (7.6%) had a SARS-CoV-2. In infected patients 12 (85.7%) were men with an average age of 47.3±21 years. Comorbidities were present in about a third of patients, with hypertension and diabetes being the most frequent (both 14.3%), and the most frequent symptoms were fever and hea dache (57.2%). Univariate regression showed higher probabilities of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the rural Andean population associated with advanced age (OR: 1.1 95% CI 0.7 - 1.8; p = 0.019), previous comorbidities (OR: 1.7, 95%CI 0.32 - 9.39; p = 0.006), and previous symptoms (OR: 49.8, 95%CI 5.6 - 436.9; p = 0.0011).

Conclusions:

Possible risk factors such as advanced age, comorbidities and previous symptoms are related to the development of COVID-19 in the rural Andean population of Peru.

Keywords : COVID-19; risk factor; mountains; comorbidity; SARS-CoV-2; Peru.

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