Article ; Online: Correlation between Chest X-Ray Severity in COVID-19 and Age in Mexican-Mestizo Patients: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study.
2021 Volume 2021, Page(s) 5571144
Abstract: Introduction: Chest X-ray (CXR) is used for the initial triage of patients with suspected COVID-19. Studies of CXR scoring in the European population found a higher score in males than in females and significantly correlated with age. Because there have ...
| Abstract | Introduction: Chest X-ray (CXR) is used for the initial triage of patients with suspected COVID-19. Studies of CXR scoring in the European population found a higher score in males than in females and significantly correlated with age. Because there have not been studies in the Mexican-mestizo community, we aimed to compare the differences in CXR scores between males and females and their correlation with age after controlling comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension. Materials and methods: A retrospective study of 1000 CXR of Mexican-mestizo patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, confirmed by RT-PCR. Significant differences between age, age groups, symptoms, comorbidities, and CXR scores between males and females used the Mann-Whitney Results: The total CXR score did not show a difference between males and females grouped by age. There was a positive, low correlation between the total CXR score and age in males, Rs = 0.260, Conclusions: There is no significant difference in CXR score between males and females in the Mexican-mestizo population grouped by age. Hypertension cancels the significance of CXR severity with age pointing to its role in the pathophysiology of COVID-19. Further research using stratified groups by age and gender in other populations needs to be published. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; COVID-19/diagnostic imaging ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/ethnology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Lung/diagnostic imaging ; Male ; Mexico/epidemiology ; Middle Aged ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Retrospective Studies ; SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification ; Severity of Illness Index ; X-Rays |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-04-29 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Observational Study |
| ZDB-ID | 2698540-8 |
| ISSN | 2314-6141 ; 2314-6133 |
| ISSN (online) | 2314-6141 |
| ISSN | 2314-6133 |
| DOI | 10.1155/2021/5571144 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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