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Assessment of correlations between risk factors and symptom presentation among defined at-risk groups following a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis

Aidlen, D.; Henzy, J.

2021-12-02 health informatics
10.1101/2021.11.30.21267029 medRxiv
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This study analyzes the specific linkages between symptoms within individual COVID patients belonging to at-risk groups. The goal was to determine how strongly linked patient symptoms are within these at-risk groups to find any associations between factors such as comorbidities and COVID symptoms. In this study, de-identified patient data from the N3C database was utilized in order to link representative immunocompromised states with specific symptoms, and non-immunocompromised state with the same, to determine if the strength of the correlation changes for these at-risk groups. Multiple autoimmune disorders resulting in immunocompromised state were analyzed, to determine if severity of immune response and inflammatory action plays a role in any potential differences. An exploratory approach using statistical methods and visualization techniques appropriate to multidimensional data sets was taken. The identified correlations may allow pattern analysis in disease presentation specific to a given population, potentially informing pattern recognition, symptom presentation, and treatment approaches in patients with immune comorbidities.

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