These results are consistent with findings from China and Italy, which suggest that patients with underlying health conditions and risk factors, including but not limited to diabetes mellitus, hypertension, COPD, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and smoking, would be more likely to develop a severe form of COVID-19 and to die from it.
Matokeo haya yanaambatana na matokeo kutoka China na Italia, ambayo yanaashiria kwamba wagonjwa wenye hali sugu za afya na vigezo vya hatari, ikiwa ni pamoja lakini sio tu, kisukari, mshtuko wa moyo, COPD, ugonjwa wa moyo, ugonjwa wa ubongo, ugonjwa sugu wa njia ya mkojo na uvutaji sigara, huenda wakawa katika hatari kuwa zaidi ya kupata ugonjwa mbaya au kufa kutokana na COVID-19.