Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Veterans with COVID-19 and Comorbid OSA

Abstract

Introduction: A hgher proportion of African American US veterans, compared to other racial-ethnic groups, with a high number of comorbidities was admtted to the John D. Dingell as there were no available sleep studies in this group. Results: Data on 50 patients are submtted here. Among 50 consecutive patents hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 differences 0 had a diag c osis of OSA. significant predictor of hospital LOS was BMI (p=0.04), after adjusting for age, African-American (AA) race, chronic heart disease and the presence of OSA (model R-squared=0.15). saturation or time spent with SaO2<90% and the outcomes. Conclusion: Elevated BMI seemed to predict longer hospitalizations among COVID-19 veterans. Additional data collection is needed to assess the predictors of negative clinical outcomes in veterans with COVID-19 and OSA.