CORRELATION BETWEEN TRIGLYCERIDE LEVEL AND SEVERITY OF COVID-19PATIENTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60127/v6w2c091Keywords:
Adults, triglyceride, COVID-2019, COVID-19-developing country, SARS-CoV-2, severity of illnessAbstract
Objective: To determine the correlation of serum triglyceride levels with severity of admitted Covid-19 in patients.
Methodology: An observational and analytical study was conduct in which All patients between 20 years to 70 years of age, either sex, who had presented with a confirmed diagnosis of Covid-19 to Amina Hospital, Sialkot, from May 15th 2020 till April 15th 2021 were included in this study.
Results: There were a total of 81 Covid-19 confirmed cases in our study. Out of 81 Covid-19 patients, there were (26.4%) mild, (46%) moderate, (19.6%) severe and (8%) critical patients. Sixty-five patients (39.9%) were between 20 to 45 years of age, and (60.1%) were between 46 to 70 years of age. There were (54%) male patients and (46%) female patients. The spearmen rank's correlation between triglyceride levels and Covid-19 severity was p (rho) 0.174 (p value 0.02). There was a positive and statistical significant correlation present.
Conclusion: Hypertriglyceridemia was a common feature in patients present-ing with Covid-19 and its frequency kept on increasing with the severity of Covid-19. Positive and statistical correlation was noted between triglyceride levels and severity of Covid-19.
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