A comparison of disease burden and symptoms with age among CoVid-19 patients from data in a Florida clinic

Andrew P Collins; Chenan Andy Huang; Megan Ann Bernier; Naser Mubarak; Sami Hemaidan; Hadi Hemaidan; Ammar Hemaidan

doi:10.6026/97320630017001

A comparison of disease burden and symptoms with age among CoVid-19 patients from data in a Florida clinic

Bioinformation. 2021 Jan 31;17(1):1-10. doi: 10.6026/97320630017001. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Andrew P Collins¹, Chenan Andy Huang¹, Megan Ann Bernier¹, Naser Mubarak¹, Sami Hemaidan², Hadi Hemaidan², Ammar Hemaidan¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Central Florida College of Medicine Ringgold standard institution, 6850 Lake Nona Blvd Orlando, Orlando, Florida 32827 - 740, United States.
² University of Central Florida College of Medicine Ringgold standard institution, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Abstract

Our knowledge of the disease burden and symptoms with age in COVID-19 patients is limited. Therefore, it is of interest to document the clinical aspect of this association with respect to the disease. We used the data of 3363 patients enrolled with an urgent care clinic in Volusia county, Florida for this study. Data shows difference in age among COVID-19 antibody (Ab) - positive patients (48.3 years, 95% CI = 46.9,49.7 years) and Ab-negative patients (46.1 years, 95% CI = 45.4, 46.8 years). However, disease burden by age is not significant on average. Nonetheless, COVID-19 positive patients between 40-69-years of age experienced the highest burden of disease and highest average number of symptoms. Thus, COVID-19 disease burden and number of symptoms experienced were highest among the 40-69-year-old patients. Those above the populations mean age of 46.4 years old were more likely to test positive for COVID-19.

Keywords: CoVid-19; Florida clinic; symptoms.