A meta-analysis of 2019 novel corona virus patient clinical characteristics and comorbidities

Abstract IntroductionBeing a new variant of coronavirus, detailed information regarding the virulence, its clinical characters, high risk individuals are yet to be defined. This study was done with the objective of finding out clinical features of corona infection and also studies what are the comorbidities that are associated with it.MethodsThis is a single arm meta-analysis in which relevant data were derived from searches in PubMed. It includes study papers which were written in English language and their completely published article is found. Seven articles published from 24th Jan to 16th March, 2020 are included in this study. ResultsThe total number of patients was 1786 with 1044 males and 742 females with male to female ratio of 1.4:1. The median age of patients was 41 years). Fever was present in 88.8% cases. Dry Cough in 68% followed by fatigue in 33%. Hypertension (15.8%) is the most common comorbidity followed by cardio and cerebrovascular condition (11.7%). ConclusionPatients often presented with symptoms of fever, dry cough, lethargy and fatigue, muscle pain, productive cough. Similarly, patients with previous history of HTN, DM, COPD, cardio and cerebrovascular condition, immune-deficient states are at high risk of developing into the severe COVID-19 infection.