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Comorbidities of COVID-19 Patients With Low Cycle Threshold (Ct) Value of Nucleocapsid (N) Gene: An Application to Cluster-Based Logistic Model. (preprint)
researchsquare; 2021.
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| PREPRINT-RESEARCHSQUARE | ID: ppzbmed-10.21203.rs.3.rs-147576.v2
ABSTRACT
Background:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a health crisis throughout the world. The widely used Real-time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (rRT-PCR) method is most capable of describing the patient’s condition. Comorbidities can make patients more critical.Methods:
In this study, we shed light on the low cycle threshold (Ct) value of the N gene in the rRT-PCR test of the COVID-19 patients who had comorbidities, cure rate, and the needfulness of ICU (Intensive Care Unit) management. We had conducted the research in the Molecular Biology Laboratory of Chittagong Medical College between May and August 2020, then took the telephone interview with 300 positive patients who fulfilled the study criteria. We applied cluster-based logistic regression to analyze the data.Results:
Low Ct value of the N gene found 1.324 times more in Type 2 DM patients and 1.871 times higher in hypertensive patients, and hospitalized patients are 2.480 times more vulnerable to shift in ICU.Conclusions:
While infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) frequently causes severe diseases, suspected cases with comorbid conditions should go through the rRT-PCR as early as possible.
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Main subject:
Disease
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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COVID-19
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Hypertension
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Myotonic Dystrophy
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Preprint
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