Methods
Out of patients diagnosed with Covid-19 admitted to Health Sciences
University Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital and
Ayancık State Hospital from April 1, 2020, to April 1, 2021, 424
patients were randomly and retrospectively included in the study. All
patients included in the study were Covid 19 positive according to the
World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. Demographic and clinical
characteristics such as age, gender, and length of hospitalization were
obtained from the digital records of participants. Biochemical,
hormonal, and hematological parameters of these patients were analyzed
retrospectively.
Patients with previous diagnoses of cancer, endocrine disorders, liver
or kidney failure, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, and under
18 were excluded from the study. Due to the retrospective and anonymous
nature of the study, written consent from the participants was waived.
Participants were divided into living and deceased groups. All patients
were followed up daily until discharge or death. All study procedures
were according to the principles of the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and
the subsequent 2013 amendment.
Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare quantitative data between living
and deceased groups. The chi-square test was used to compare death rates
according to gender. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to
determine the risk factors affecting death. Data were analyzed using IBM
SPSS V23 (IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 23.0. Armonk, NY: IBM
Corp). The significance level was taken as p <0.05.