Risk factors influencing the prognosis of elderly patients infected with COVID-19: a clinical retrospective study in Wuhan, China.

This study revealed that the risk factors for the death in these elderly patients included comorbidities, increased levels of C-reactive protein and blood urea nitrogen, and lymphopenia during hospitalization.
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Source: Aging - July 10, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Gao S, Jiang F, Jin W, Shi Y, Yang L, Xia Y, Jia L, Wang B, Lin H, Cai Y, Xia Z, Peng J Tags: Aging (Albany NY) Source Type: research