Study population’s baseline characteristics
Diabetes mellitus, co-morbidity, bronchial asthma, hypothyroidism, hypertension
DIABETES MELLITUS, BRONCHIAL ASTHMA, HYPOTHYROIDISM, HYPERTENSION, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Out of 1168 participants, majority of the participants were male 865 (74.1%) than female 303 (25.9%). Study population’s mean age was 35.0 (± 10.4) years, with majority of the participants were from 18 to 45 years age group (84.4%), followed by > 45–65 years age group (14.2%), and > 65 years of age group (1.4%). None of the participants had previous history of COVID-19. Out of 1168 participants, 234 (20.0%) individuals were alcohol consumers and 101 (8.6%) individuals were smokers. Diabetes mellitus (N = 43, 3.7%) was the most common co-morbidity, followed by hypertension (N = 41, 3.5%), hypothyroidism (N = 11, 0.9%), coronary artery disease (N = 3, 0.2%) and bronchial asthma (N = 1, 0.08%).The study groups were comparable for the age, age-groups, gender, risk factors and co-morbidity (Table Baseline demographic and clinical parameters of the study population.