Comparison of risk factors of mortality during the two coronavirus disease 2019 waves in Delhi, India

Neena Katoch, Department of Pharmacology, Army College of Medical SciencesFollow
Ajay K. Gupta, Army College of Medical Sciences
Rachna Gulati, Department of Pathology, Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Cantt
Ketan Garg, Jyoti Gupta Clinic, New Delhi
Vikas Kumar, Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Article Type

Original Study

Subject Area

Internal Medicine

Abstract

Objective To determine the risk factors of mortality (in terms of age, sex, and comorbidities) among hospitalized patients in an Indian tertiary care hospital during the first and second waves. Patients and methods A retrospective observational study was conducted, where the patients’ mortality data were collected over two coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) periods, and their characteristics were compared. The first phase was from May 2020 to January 2021 and the second wave was from March 2021 to August 2021. Results A mortality rate of 23.84% (874 deaths among 3666 patients) and 1.36% (232 deaths among 17 000 patients) was noted in the second and first wave of COVID-19, respectively. Compared with the first wave, second wave deaths had comparable age (65.8214.82 vs. 67.6313.78, P=0.094); comparable sex (P=0.094); and significantly lower comorbidities like hypertension (10.18 vs. 27.59%, P

Keywords

coronavirus disease 2019, first wave, pandemic, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, second wave

Recommended Citation

Katoch, Neena; Gupta, Ajay K.; Gulati, Rachna; Garg, Ketan; and Kumar, Vikas (2024) "Comparison of risk factors of mortality during the two coronavirus disease 2019 waves in Delhi, India," Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59299/2537-0928.1010