Research Article

The Comparison of Clinical Epidemiology of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 during the Third and Fourth Waves of the Pandemic in Gorgan

Table 1

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics among third and fourth wave COVID-19 cases.

VariablesTotal (n = 930)Third wave (n = 351)Fourth wave (n = 579) value

Hospital duration, mean (SD), day5.61 (5.40)6.50 (6.32)5.06 (4.67)0.001
Age, mean (SD), years old55.37 (17.13)56.39 (17.64)54.75 (16.80)0.156
Age range (years old), n (%)
 <209 (1%)3 (0.9%)6 (1%)0.585
 20–35115 (12.4%)44 (12.5%)71 (12.3%)
 36–50252 (27.1%)86 (24.5%)166 (28.7%)
 51–65288 (31%)106 (30.2%)182 (31.4%)
 66–80193 (20.8%)81 (23.1%)112 (19.3%)
 >8073 (7.8%)31 (8.8%)42 (7.3%)
Gender, n (%)
 Female501(53.9%)180 (51.3%)321 (55.4%)0.223
 Male429 (46.1%)171 (48.7%)258 (44.6%)
Admitted to ICU, n (%)
 Yes178 (19.1%)102 (29.1%)76 (13.1%)0.001
 No752 (80.9%)249 (70.9%)503 (86.9%)
Outcome, n (%)
 Recovered821 (88.3%)299 (85.2%)520 (90.4%)0.01
 Death109 (11.7%)52 (14.8%)55 (9.6%)
Diabetes, n (%)209 (22.5%)91 (25.9%)118 (20.3%)0.03
Cardiovascular disease, n (%)70 (7.5%)30 (8.5%)40 (6.9%)0.21
Chronic lung disease, n (%)38 (4.0%)23 (6.5%)15 (2.5%)0.56
Hypertension, n (%)230 (24.7%)101 (28.7%)129 (22.2%)0.01
Chronic kidney disease, n (%)26 (2.7%)19 (5.4%)7 (1.2%)0.001
Cancer, n (%)19 (2.0%)8 (2.2%)11 (1.9%)0.43
COPD, n (%)24 (2.5%)17 (4.8%)7 (1.2%)0.008
CNS, n (%)25 (2.6%)16 (4.5%)9 (1.5%)0.006

Bold values mean p < 0.05 (Statistical significance).