Association between demographic, clinical characteristics and severe complications by SARS-CoV-2 infection in a community-based healthcare network in Chile
Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with COVID-19 complications such as age, sex and pre-existing conditions were comparable to those reported in similar studies from higher-income countries, and can be used to predict severity in COVID-19 patients.
Authors
- Javiera Léniz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9315-4871)
- Francisco Suarez
- Sam Hernández-Jaña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1743-4636)
- Claudia Bambs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-6833)
- Daniel Capurro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9256-1256)
- Paula Margozzini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3919-0070)
- Mauricio Soto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6502-4287)
- María Paulina Rojas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7948-4000)
- Eduardo Arenas
Institutions
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (CL)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314376
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00