Table 5 Correlation between participant’s characteristics and comorbidities with length of stay and severity of the disease
Variables | Correlation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Length of in-hospital stay | Severity of the disease | |||
R | P-value | R | P-value | |
Age | −0.012 | 0.866 | 0.497 | < 0.001 |
Gender | −0.039 | 0.581 | −0.078 | 0.407 |
Comorbidities | ||||
Diabetes | −0.052 | 0.46 | 0.224 | 0.016 |
Hypertension | 0.059 | 0.407 | 0.373 | < 0.001 |
Asthma | −0.083 | 0.243 | −0.069 | 0.485 |
Pulmonary TB | 0.036 | 0.612 | 0.004 | 0.963 |
Cardiovascular disease | 0.081 | 0.254 | 0.288 | 0.002 |
Chronic kidney disease | −0.071 | 0.317 | 0.147 | 0.109 |
Chronic liver disease | 0.002 | 0.979 | 0.147 | 0.115 |
Cerebrovascular disease | −0.142 | 0.044 | 0.258 | 0.005 |
Smoking | −0.09 | 0.206 | −0.325 | < 0.001 |
Alcohol | −0.035 | 0.618 | – | – |