Certain underlying conditions stand out as COVID-19 hospitalization risk factorsIncreased age, male sex, non-Hispanic black ethnicity, and certain underlying health conditions are associated with a greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, according to an analysis of data from more than 5,000 hospitalized adults.
A group based at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported its findings today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.To sift out the main risk factors for COVID-19 hospitalization, the team used data from a multistate COVID-19 surveillance system and compared it with that from one of the CDC's mainstay health condition surveys of adults.