Abstract
Background & aims: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia latest center for the 2019 pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The ethnic populations with a higher incidence of obesity tend to be particularly impacted. Our aims were to evaluate the characteristics and early effects on Orthopedic Patients with COVID-19, and to evaluate Orthopedic Patients with poorer outcomes regardless of age, sex and other comorbidities. Methods: The first 200 Orthopedic Patients admitted to a tertiary medical center with COVID-19 were included. At least three weeks after admission, electronic patient reports were analyzed. Mortality in hospitals was the main endpoint. Results: 200 Orthopedic Patients (female sex: 102) were included. The average BMI was 30 kg / m2. The middle age was 64. The three most prevalent comorbidities were hypertension (76 percent), hyperlipidemia (46.2 percent), and diabetes (39.5 percent). A multi-variate study reveals that BMIs was indigenously correlated with a higher in patient mortality of 35 kg / m2 (reference: BMI 25-34 kg / m2; OR: 3.78; 95 percent CI: 1.45-9.63; p = 0.006; p = 0.061) and age rises (analyzed in quartiles; OR: 1.73; 95 percent CI: 1.13-2.63; p = 0.011). Conclusions: This cohort of hospitalized Orthopedic Patients with COVID-19 in the majority minority group is individually related to greater in-hospital mortality and overall poorer in-hospital results with extreme obesity, rising age and male sex.