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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Dispatch

COVID-19 among Chronic Dialysis Patients after First Year of Pandemic, Argentina

Augusto VallejosComments to Author , Andrea E.M. Baldani, Micaela A. Gauto, Dalila V. Rueda, Federico M. Santoro, and María Graciela Abriata

Author affiliations: Dirección Nacional de Abordaje Integral de Enfermedades no Transmisibles, Buenos Aires, Argentina (A. Vallejos, M.G. Abriata); Dirección Nacional de Epidemiología e Información Estratégica, Buenos Aires, Argentina (A.E.M. Baldani, M.A. Gauto, D.V. Rueda, F.M. Santoro).

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Table

Characteristics of COVID-19 cases in the general population and in chronic dialysis patients, Argentina, 2020–2021

Characteristic
General population, n = 2,107,676
Chronic dialysis patients, n = 2,496
Sex, no. (%)
F 1,045,989 (49.6) 1,076 (43.1)
M 1,036,211 (49.2) 1,419 (56.9)
Other 2,4631 (1.2) 1 (0.0)
Unknown
845 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
Median age, y (IQR)
37 (27–51)
60 (48–70)
Epidemiologic case classification, no. (%)
Close-contact cases 310,041 (14.7)† 439 (17.6)
Community-acquired cases 1,546,887 (73.4)† 1,731 (69.3)
Other
249,712 (11.9)†
326 (13.1)
Deceased case-patients, no. (%)
52,075 (2.4)
617 (24.7)
Deceased case-patients median age, y (IQR) 73 (63–82) 67 (58–75)

*IQR, interquartile range. †Relative frequencies were calculated according to the cases with information on the variable. A total of 2,106,640 COVID-19 cases were contemplated in the general population.

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