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Table 2 Changes of NCD-related hospitalization between the Early Pandemic, Pre-Pandemic, and Late Pandemic periods

From: In-hospital trends of non-communicable disease mortality during the pandemic for patients without COVID-19 at a regional referral hospital in southwestern Uganda

Admission diagnosis

Total

Pre-pandemic

Early pandemic

Late pandemic

p-value

Total admissions (%)

3777 (100)

1655 (43.8)

1423 (37.7)

699 (18.5)

.0157

Total deaths (%)

284 (7.5)

48 (2.9)

219 (15.4)

17 (2.4)

< 0.001

Heart failure (%)

 Admissions

532 (14.1)

250 (15.1)

195 (13.7)

87 (12.5)

0.207

 Deaths

42 (8.0)

10 (4.0)

31 (15.9)

1 (1.2)

< 0.001

Malignancy (%)

 Admissions

309 (8.2)

147 (8.9)

125 (8.8)

37 (5.3)

0.009

 Deaths

32 (10.4)

7 (4.8)

25 (20.0)

0

< 0.001

Stroke (%)

 Admissions

346 (9.2)

116 (7.0)

172 (12.1)

58 (8.3)

< 0.001

 Deaths

42 (13.3)

5 (4.3)

38 (22.1)

3 (5.2)

< 0.001

GI bleed (%)

 Admissions

229 (6.1)

130 (7.9)

56 (3.9)

43 (6.2)

< 0.001

 Deaths

8 (3.5)

2 (1.5)

6 (10.7)

0

0.006

CKD (%)

 Admissions

227 (6.0)

93 (5.6)

96 (6.8)

38 (5.4)

0.330

 Deaths

22 (9.7)

2 (2.2)

19 (19.8)

1 (2.6)

< 0.001

Diabetes (%)

 Admissions

204 (5.4)

82 (5.0)

92 (6.5)

30 (4.3)

0.064

 Deaths

16 (7.8)

3 (3.7)

12 (13.0)

1 (3.3)

0.053

Cirrhosis (%)

 Admissions

196 (5.2)

79 (4.8)

91 (6.4)

26 (3.7)

0.020

 Deaths

26 (13.3)

1 (1.3)

22 (24.2)

3 (11.5)

< 0.001

Alcohol-related (%)

 Admissions

152 (4.0)

60 (3.6)

59 (4.2)

33 (4.7)

0.446

 Deaths

7 (4.6)

1 (1.7)

4 (6.8)

2 (6.1)

0.334

Attempted suicide by poisoning (%)

 Admissions

179 (4.7)

91 (5.5)

57 (4.0)

31 (3.4)

0.139

 Deaths

8 (4.5)

3 (3.3)

4 (7.0)

1 (3.2)

0.625

Hypertension (%)

 Admissions

110 (2.9)

62 (3.8)

31 (2.2)

17 (2.4)

0.025

 Deaths

9 (8.2)

3 (4.8)

5 (16.1)

1 (5.9)

0.172

COPD/asthma (%)

 Admissions

110 (2.9)

53 (3.2)

36 (2.5)

21 (3.0)

0.535

 Deaths

3 (2.7)

1 (1.9)

2 (5.6)

0

0.584

  1. Significant values (p < 0.05) in bold
  2. GI gastrointestinal, CKD chronic kidney disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease