Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2021)

Characteristics and Risk Factors of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March–April 2020

  • Kristen Pettrone,
  • Eleanor Burnett,
  • Ruth Link-Gelles,
  • Sarah C. Haight,
  • Caroline Schrodt,
  • Lucinda England,
  • Danica J. Gomes,
  • Mays Shamout,
  • Kevin O’Laughlin,
  • Anne Kimball,
  • Erin F. Blau,
  • Chandresh N. Ladva,
  • Christine M. Szablewski,
  • Melissa Tobin-D’Angelo,
  • Nadine Oosmanally,
  • Cherie Drenzek,
  • Sean D. Browning,
  • Beau B. Bruce,
  • Juliana da Silva,
  • Jeremy A.W. Gold,
  • Brendan R. Jackson,
  • Sapna Bamrah Morris,
  • Pavithra Natarajan,
  • Robyn Neblett Fanfair,
  • Priti R. Patel,
  • Jessica Rogers-Brown,
  • John Rossow,
  • Karen K. Wong,
  • David J. Murphy,
  • James M. Blum,
  • Julie Hollberg,
  • Benjamin Lefkove,
  • Frank W. Brown,
  • Tom Shimabukuro,
  • Claire M. Midgley,
  • Jacqueline E. Tate,
  • Marie E. Killerby

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204709
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 4
pp. 1164 – 1168

Abstract

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We compared the characteristics of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients who had coronavirus disease in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We found that risk for hospitalization increased with a patient’s age and number of concurrent conditions. We also found a potential association between hospitalization and high hemoglobin A1c levels in persons with diabetes.

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