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Pak J Pharm Sci ; 34(1(Supplementary)): 321-325, 2021 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34275857

ABSTRACT

The study was aimed to mention the epidemiology of smoking in Pakistani COVID-19 infected patients along with the disease severity, oxygen dependency and fatality rate. A cross sectional epidemiological study was carried out on 555 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection. The median age was 47±16 years. 59% were male and 41% were female. Most of the patients (97.5%) survived, while only 2.5% expired. 25.6% patients required the oxygen. Total 17 (3%) COVID-19 patients with age 20-75 years were identified as smokers. No mortality was observed in smokers. The 1.4% smokers presented with mild disease, 1.2% with moderate disease and 0.4% had severe disease. According to Chi-Square test, there existed an insignificant difference (p-value: 0.38649) between smokers and non-smokers in disease severity levels. Smoking is a precursor for countless diseases, but it behaved differently in COVID-19 infected patients, as its prevalence was significantly low. We found no significant variation of the disease severity among the smokers and non-smokers. Profound experiments should be conducted to recommend whether nicotine can be used as a protective agent to negate COVID-19 infection.


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COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/etiology , Smoking/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Distribution , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pakistan/epidemiology , Severity of Illness Index , Sex Distribution , Tobacco Smoking/epidemiology , Young Adult
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