Underlying conditions associated with adverse COVID-19 treatment outcomes in selected Kenyan hospitals, October 2020 to December 2021
Patients with underlying conditions hospitalized for COVID-19 were more likely to die than those without. Hypertension was independently associated with disease severity, while heart disease and diabetes were independently associated with death during COVID-19 treatment.
Authors
- Anne Njoroge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8158-2847)
- Victor Omodi
- Stella Njuguna
- Peninah Kinya Masibo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-1711)
- Christina Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6212-6448)
- Wanjiru Waruiru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-8004)
- Jonesmus Wambua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3794-4999)
- Dickens Onyango (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1634-0531)
- Emmanuel Okunga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-6820)
- Jacques Muthusi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-3486)
- Frank Victor Otieno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6956-0168)
- Anthony Waruru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4281-6345)
- George W Rutherford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1789-734X)
- Mary Mwangome (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4675-3943)
- Peninah Munyua
- Daniel Maangi
- Wilfred Kazungu
Institutions
- University of Nairobi (KE)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of California System (US)
- International Therapeutics (United States) (US)
- Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ET)
- Kenya School of Government (KE)
- Ministry of Health (KE)
- Center for Global Health (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KE)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Great Lakes University of Kisumu (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Health Action
- Published
- 2025-11-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2025.2572010
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00