VOLUME 54 , ISSUE 3 ( July-September, 2020 ) > List of Articles
Raman Sharma, Arvind Rana, Vipin Koushal
Citation Information : Sharma R, Rana A, Koushal V. Demographic Characteristics of Patients with COVID-19: A Preliminary Report from Northern India. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2020; 54 (3):82-85.
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1398
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Published Online: 01-09-2020
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2020; The Author(s).
Aim and objective: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a serious global health problem in the 21st century. Due to its rapid spread across the nations, the World Health Organization declared it as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), and efforts are being made worldwide to find a permanent solution. This disease outbreak has also shown certain gender-based impacts and has shown gender differences in vulnerability and mortality toward COVID-19. Materials and methods: A 3-month cross-sectional study aimed to study the gender differentiation among COVID-19-positive patients was conducted in one of the premier tertiary-care multispecialty hospital of North India. The data pertaining to all the screened, tested, and reported positive for COVID-19 patients admitted in the “COVID hospital” of the institute was taken into analysis. Results: A total of 1,566 of suspected patients were screened, and 271 were tested for COVID-19. Of the total of 271 tested, 104 patients were reported as COVID-19 positive; 63 (60.6%) were male and 40 (39%) were female. It was also attributed that male patients were having associated comorbidities, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and smoking. Similarly, of 104 COVID-19–positive patients, death rate was also more towards male patients, 04 (3.84%), than female patients, 03 (2.88%). Conclusion: The study has provided insight into the differences in disease severity in males, and more workup is needed to generalize our findings on gender effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.