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cord-340826-2530zdeq	Hwang, Jong-moon	Neurological diseases as mortality predictive factors for patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study	2020-07-08		.txt	text/plain	2930	160	51	INTRODUCTION: In the current study, we evaluated factors that increase the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient death rate by analyzing the data from two cohort hospitals. RESULTS: In a multivariate logistic analysis, age and the presence of chronic lung disease and Alzheimer's dementia (AD) were the only significant parameters for predicting COVID-19 non-survival (p < 0.05). However, hypertension, coronary vascular disease, dyslipidemia, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and history of taking angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, as well as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), were not significantly associated with the death of COVID-19 patients. Based on previous studies of COVID-19 risk factors and the classification system announced by the KCDC, the presence of chronic medical underlying diseases such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease (CKD), chronic lung, or cardiovascular disease, carcinoma, dyslipidemia, and hypertension were investigated ( Fig. 1 ). We found that the presence of chronic lung disease and AD were predictive factors for death from COVID-19, especially mortality risk increases beginning at the age of 70 years.	./cache/cord-340826-2530zdeq.txt	./txt/cord-340826-2530zdeq.txt