Gender and age factors in COVID-19 patients in Punjab, Pakistan; A cohort study
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Since COVID-19 outbreak, and the first confirmed case in Pakistan, Pakistani government, media and health departments made significant efforts to ensure that the people stay at homes to avoid massive spread of COVID-19.
Our study aimed to fill the existing gaps in knowledge and research based upon clinical symptoms and gender association of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) among different age groups in Punjab Pakistan.
Methodology: Current cohort study was designed at Centre For Human Genetics, Hazara University Mansehra and conducted at Provisional Public Health Reference Lab, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Lahore-Pakistan.
Results: Based on set objectives males were more prone (76%) to COVID-19 then females (24%) from one hundred confirmed cases of SARS-Co-2 enrolled study participants. In comparison to older age participants and children’s youngsters (16-30-y age) were at greater risk 35% of COVID-19 infection with mean age of 34.23 ≈ 1.60 ± (P ˂ 0.05). Only 13% cases with no visible symptoms of SARS-Co-2 were tested positive for COVID-19 PCR test.
Spread patterns of COVID-19 are ultimately based upon exposure to COVID-19 and irrespective of any immunological association reported yet.
Conclusion: we recommend country leadership, media houses and researchers to understand differences in age wise spread patterns of (COVID-19) versus age wise mortality patterns of COVID-19 to educate the common public accordingly.
Key words: COVID-19; Age susceptibility; Gender
Abbreviations: PCR = polymerase chain reaction, SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, ARDS = Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Citation: Sharif N, Bukhari N, Yousfani ZA, Saleem A, Arif A, Abbas H, Khan MA. Gender and age factors in COVID-19 patients in Punjab, Pakistan; A cohort study. Anaesth. pain intensive care 2020;24(4):435-439.
Received: 8 June 2020, Reviewed: 30 June 2020, Revised: 19 July 2020, Accepted: 26 July 2020
