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BackgroundCOVID-19 has become a global pandemic with a high growth rate of confirmed cases. In Bangladesh, both mortality and affected rates are increasing at an alarming rate.Therefore, more comprehensive studies of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 are required to control this pandemic.PurposeThe present study aimed to compare and analyze the sex-specific epidemiological, clinical characteristics, comorbidities, and other information of confirmed COVID-19 patients from the southeast region in Bangladesh for the first time.Methods385 lab-confirmed cases were studied out of 2,471 tested samples between 5 June and 10 September 2020. RT-PCR was used for COVID-19 identification and SPSS (version 25) for statistical data analysis.ResultsWe found that male patients were roughly affected compared to females patients (male 74.30% vs. female 25.7%) with an average age of 34.86 ± 15.442 years, and B (+ve) blood group has been identified as a high-risk factor for COVID-19 infection. Workplace, local market, and bank were signified as sex-specific risk zone (p < 0.001). Pre-existing medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases were identified among the patients. Less than half of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the southeast region were asymptomatic (37.73%) and more prevalent among females than males (male vs. female: 36.84% vs. 40.51%, p = 0.001).ConclusionsThe findings may help health authorities and the government take necessary steps for identification and isolation, treatment, prevention, and control of this global pandemic. |
