Features related to the mortality and morbidity of stroke comparing three groups including COV-pos, COV-neg, and non-COV groups
| Variables | Subgroup | Within the COVID-19 pandemics | Non-COV(n = 202) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COV-pos(n = 59) | COV-neg(n = 65) | ||||
| Need for mechanical ventilation (%) | Yes | 35 (59.3%) | 19 (29.2%) | 39 (19.3%) | For both Chi2 test and Fisher exact test: < 0.001 |
| No | 24 (40.7%) | 46 (70.8%) | 163 (80.7%) | ||
| Death rate | Dead | 29 (49.2%) | 16 (24.2%) | 35 (17.3%) | For both Chi2 test and Fisher exact test: < 0.001 |
| Alive | 30 (50.8%) | 49 (75.8%) | 167 (82.7%) | ||
| Duration of hospitalization (days) | 12.61 ± 11.3 | 8.53 ± 8.6 | 10.3 ± 9.2 | Kruskal wallis test: 0.008 | |
COV-pos: COVID-19 positive; COV-neg: COVID-19 negative; non-COV: non-COVID-19
MAD: Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing—review & editing, Visualization. ST: Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. FM, TK, MRG, TL, MH, ZS, and RY: Investigation. ZM: Supervision, Conceptualization, Software. SMT: Writing—review & editing. MM: Resources, Validation. AHV: Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
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This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran (approval number: IR.IUMS.FMD.REC.1400.431).
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