ABSTRACT
Background: Coronavirus (CoV) infection has become a pandemic worldwide for February 2020. The infection rate has beenincreasing in India also which prompted the Government to implement countrywide lockdown.Aims and Objectives: The main objective of our study is to evaluate risk factors predisposing the patients to COVID-19 infection.Methods: This is a single center prospective observational study done during April and May 2020, where we have collectedall demographic details of total 59 COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit or general ward in our institute. Wehave evaluated the detailed history of these patients for risk factors such as age, gender, smoking, alcohol exposure, diabetesmellitus, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease and studied their association with COVID-19.Results: In our study, we have found the mean age of presentation to be 51 years and males with 64.4% are more infectedthan females. Diabetics with 32% is the most common risk factor followed by hypertension with 20.3%. Alcohol is next only tohypertension with 12% and smoking comprising 10% of the population studied.Conclusion: Elderly male population, diabetes, and hypertension pose a greater risk for CoV severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus 2 infection in our population.