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Correction: Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the World Heart Federation COVID-19 Study

Authors:

Dorairaj Prabhakaran ,

Public Health Foundation India, Centre for Chronic Disease Control, World Heart Federation, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, GB
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Kavita Singh,

Public Health Foundation of India, Gurugram, Haryana, India, and Centre for Chronic Disease Control, NewDelhi, IN; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, DE
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Dimple Kondal,

Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, IN
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Lana Raspail,

World Heart Federation, Geneva, CH
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Bishav Mohan,

Department of Cardiology, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
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Toru Kato,

Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Tochigi Medical Centre; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, JP
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Nizal Sarrafzadegan,

Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA
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Shamim Hayder Talukder,

Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, BD
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Shahin Akter,

National Coordinator, Eminence, BD
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Mohammad Robed Amin,

Dhaka Medical College Hospital, BD
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Fastone Goma,

Centre for Primary Care Research/Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, ZW
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Juan Gomez-Mesa,

Head. Cardiology Service. Fundación Valle del Lili. Cali, CO
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Ntobeko Ntusi,

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, ZA
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Francisca Inofomoh,

Internal Medicine Department, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, PMB 2001, Sagamu, NG
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Surender Deora,

Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, IN
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Evgenii Philippov,

Ryazan State Medical University, Ryazan emergency hospital, 85 Stroykova street, Ryazan, RU
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Alla Svarovskaya,

Cardiology Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, RU
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Alexandra Konradi,

Almazov National Medical Research Centre, St. Petersburg, RU
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Aurelio Puentes,

ISSSTE Clínica Hospital de Guanajuato, Cerro del Hormiguero S/N, Maria de la Luz, 36000 Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico, MX
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Okechukwu S. Ogah,

Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and University College Hospital Ibadan, NG
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Bojan Stanetic,

Department of Cardiology, University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, BA
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Aurora Issa,

Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Rio de Janeiro, BR
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Friedrich Thienemann,

Cape Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, ZA; Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, CH
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Dafsah Juzar,

National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita Hospital, Jakarta; Department Cardiology & Vascular medicine, University of Indonesia, ID
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Ezequiel Zaidel,

Cardiology department, Sanatorio Güemes, and Pharmacology department, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires. Acuña de Figueroa 1228 (1180AAX), Buenos Aires, AR
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Sana Sheikh,

Department of clinical Research, Tabba Heart Institute. ST-1, block 2, Federal B area, Karachi, PK
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Dike Ojji,

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Abuja, and University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, NG
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Carolyn S. P. Lam,

National Heart Center Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore, SG; Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL
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Junbo Ge,

Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University. Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, CN
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Amitava Banerjee,

University College London, GB
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L. Kristin Newby,

Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, US
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Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro,

Cardiology Service and Telehealth Center, Hospital das Clínicas, and Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BR
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Samuel Gidding,

World Heart Federation, Geneva, CH
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Fausto Pinto,

Santa Maria University Hospital, CAML, CCUL, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT
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Pablo Perel,

Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, World Heart Federation, CH
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Karen Sliwa,

Cape Heart Institute, Department of Medicine & Cardiology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, ZA; World Heart Federation, CH
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On Behalf of the WHF COVID-19 Study Collaborators

Abstract

This article details a correction to: Prabhakaran D, Singh K, Kondal D, Raspail L, Mohan B, Kato T, et al. Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the World Heart Federation COVID-19 Study. Global Heart. 2022; 17(1): 40. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1128.

How to Cite: Prabhakaran D, Singh K, Kondal D, Raspail L, Mohan B, Kato T, et al.. Correction: Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the World Heart Federation COVID-19 Study. Global Heart. 2022;17(1):79. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1167
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  Published on 31 Oct 2022
 Accepted on 03 Oct 2022            Submitted on 03 Oct 2022

Correction

After the publication of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the World Heart Federation COVID-19 Study [1], the authors noticed some minor errors that required correcting. These fell into four different categories:

  1. Some of the tables required amendments.
  2. The list of collaborators was incomplete.
  3. Some wording throughout the text was not sufficiently precise.
  4. The acknowledgement section was incomplete.

The Table Amendments

One decimal point value was missed in Tables 2a and 2b. 2a was also missing the titles in the first two columns, which were ‘Overall, N (%)’ and ‘Survivors, N(%)’. On Table 3, two decimal point values were added for the blood results: WBC, Troponin T.

Table 2a

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.


OVERALL SURVIVORS IN-HOSPITAL DEATHS N (%) POST DISCHARGE 30-DAY DEATHS, N (%) P-VALUE FOR DIFFERENCE

N (%) N (%)

N 5313 4512 (84.9) 683 (12.9) 118 (2.6)

Age, mean (SD) 57.0 (16.1) 55.6 (16.0) 64.8 (14.2) 65.4 (13.4) <0.001

Male 3159 (59.4) 2642 (83.6) 431 (13.6) 86 (2.7) <0.001

Female 2154 (40.5) 1870 (86.8) 252 (11.7) 32 (1.5)

Ethnic Origin <0.001

Caucasian 800 (15.1) 749 (93.6) 45 (5.6) 6 (0.8)

Hispanic 542 (10.2) 403 (74.4) 134 (24.7) 5 (0.9)

Black 796 (15.0) 669 (84) 117 (14.7) 10 (1.3)

Middle Eastern 315 (5.9) 283 (89.8) 18 (5.7) 14 (4.4)

Asian 2442 (46.0) 2046 (83.8) 324 (13.3) 72 (2.9)

Other 346 (6.5) 303 (84.4) 45 (12.5) 11 (3.1)

World Bank income groups <0.001

LIC 376 (7.1) 331 (88.0) 39 (10.4) 6 (1.6)

LMIC 2526 (47.5) 2141 (81.3) 403 (15.3) 89 (3.4)

UMIC 1044 (19.6) 742 (79.2) 181 (19.3) 14 (1.5)

HIC 1367 (25.7) 1298 (95) 60 (4.4) 9 (0.7)

Education <0.001

Up to primary 510 (9.6) 388 (76.1) 110 (21.6) 12 (2.4)

Up to secondary 1162 (21.9) 1011 (87.0) 123 (10.6) 28 (2.4)

College/University 1264 (23.8) 1140 (90.2) 111 (8.8) 13 (1.0)

Unknown 2291 (43.1) 1906 (82.5) 338 (14.6) 65 (2.8)

Smoking status <0.001

Never 3080 (58.0) 2664 (86.5) 359 (11.7) 56 (1.8)

Current 370 (7.0) 342 (92.2) 22 (5.9) 7 (1.9)

Former 751 (14.1) 645 (85.9) 89 (11.9) 17 (2.3)

Unknown 1110 (20.9) 861 (77.5) 212 (19.1) 38 (3.4)

Body mass index (Kg/m2), mean (SD) 26.9 (5.3) 0.35

Underweight (<18) 71 (1.3) 65 (91.5) 5 (7.0) 1 (1.5)

Normal weight (18–24) 1414 (26.6) 1246 (87.9) 147 (10.4) 25 (1.8) 0.57

Overweight (25–29) 1289 (24.3) 1137 (88.3) 139 (10.8) 12 (0.9)

Obese (≥30) 831 (15.6) 730 (88.2) 88 (10.6) 10 (1.2)

SD = standard deviation; row percentage reported for all categorical variables.

Table 2b

COVID-19 symptoms and comorbidities among study participants.


COVID-SYMPTOMS AND VITAL SIGNS OVERALL SURVIVORS IN-HOSPITAL DEATHS N (%) POST DISCHARGE 30-DAY DEATHS N (%)

N (%) N (%)

Diagnosed by using RT-PCR 5050 (95.0) 4299(85.1) 644(12.8) 107(2.1)

Median time from symptom onset to admission (IQR) in minutes 5 (3–8) 5 (3–8) 5 (3–8) 4 (2–7)

History of self-reported fever 3526 (66.4) 3002 (85.1) 459 (13.0) 65 (1.9)

Cough 3624 (68.2) 3087 (85.2) 472 (13.0) 65 (1.8)

Dyspnoea OR Tachypnoea 3308 (62.3) 2689 (81.3) 534(16.1) 85 (2.6)

Heart rate (beats/min), mean (SD) 92.1 (17.8) 91.2 (17.0) 96.9 (21.6) 95.7 (17.3)

Bradycardia (HR<60bpm) mean (SD) 101 (1.9) 85 (84) 15 (15) 1 (1)

Tachycardia (HR>100bpm) mean (SD) 1409 (26.5) 1103 (78) 265 (19) 41 (3)

Systolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD) 128.8 (20.9) 128.7 (19.9) 129.7 (25.4) 129.7 (26.3)

Diastolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD) 78.2 (13.0) 78.5 (12.5) 76.4 (15.4) 77.0 (14.9)

Shortness of Breath (SOB)

    SOB < 100m 1336 (25.5) 1047(78.4) 252 (18.8) 37 (2.8)

    SOB 100–500m 479 (9.1) 364(76.0) 96 (20.0) 19 (4.0)

    SOB > 500m 225 (4.3) 203(90.2) 15 (6.7) 7 (3.1)

Co-morbidities (Cardiovascular)

Hypertension 2511 (47.3) 2060 (82.0) 398 (16.0) 53 (2.0)

Diabetes 1700 (32.0) 1346 (79.2) 306 (17.8) 48 (3.0)

Coronary artery disease 580 (10.9) 446 (76.9) 103 (17.8) 31 (5.3)

Heart Failure 290 (5.5) 238 (82.1) 45 (15.5) 7 (2.4)

Stroke 197 (3.7) 159 (80.7) 28 (14.2) 10 (5.1)

Atrial Fibrillation 159 (3.0) 134 (84.3) 22 (13.8) 3 (1.9)

Peripheral vascular disease 106 (2.0) 85 (80.2) 18 (17.0) 3 (2.8)

Cardiomyopathies 60 (1.1) 53 (88.3) 6 (10.0) 1 (1.7)

Rheumatic Heart Disease 56 (1.1) 49 (87.5) 7 (12.5) 0 (0)

Chagas disease 36 (0.7) 34 (94.4) 2 (5.6) 0 (0)

Congenital heart disease 182 (3.4) 166 (91.2) 9 (4.9) 7 (3.8)

Valvular disease 118 (2.2) 94 (79.7) 21(17.8) 3 (2.5)

Co-morbidities (Non-Cardiovascular)

Chronic kidney disease 404 (7.6) 299 (74.0) 86 (21.3) 19 (4.7)

Chronic pulmonary disease 208 (3.9) 160 (76.5) 44 (21.1) 5 (2.4)

Asthma 219 (4.1) 200 (91.3) 18 (8.2) 1 (0.5)

Chronic Immunosuppression 136 (2.6) 110 (80.9) 25 (18.4) 1 (0.7)

HIV 71 (1.3) 62 (87.3) 6 (8.5) 3 (4.2)

Tuberculosis 56 (1.1) 49 (87.5) 7 (12.5) 0 (0)

Cancer on chemotherapy 114 (2.1) 90 (78.9) 20 (17.5) 4 (3.6)

Renal replacement therapy 62 (1.2) 45 (72.6) 16 (25.8) 1 (1.6)

Previous organ transplant 45 (0.8) 38 (84.8) 7 (15.6) 0 (0)

Rt-PCR = Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction; SD = standard deviation; IQR = Inter quartile range; BP = blood pressure; SOB = Shortness of breath; HIC = high income countries; UMIC = upper middle-income countries; LMIC = lower middle-income countries; LIC = low-income countries; HIV = Human immunodeficiency virus. Row percentage reported for all categorical variables.

Table 3

ECG, ECHO, and laboratory findings among COVID-19 patients at admission.


OVERALL N (%) SURVIVORS N (%) IN-HOSPITAL DEATHS N (%) POST DISCHARGE 30-DAY DEATHS N (%) P-VALUE FOR DIFFERENCE

ECG data (N = 3490)

Atrial fibrillation (yes) 131 (2.5) 97 (2.1) 31 (4.5) 3 (2.5) 0.003

T-wave changes (yes) 774 (14.6) 593 (13.1) 153 (22.4) 28 (23.7) <0.001

QT/QTC duration, median (IQR) 419.0 (331.5, 447.0) 415.5 (259.0, 445.0) 428.0 (360.0, 457.0) 448.0 (413.5, 467.0) <0.001

ECHO findings (Median, IQR) (N = 259)

Ejection fraction 1. Teicholz (EF1), 59.1 (49.0, 64.0) 60.0 (52.0, 64.0) 55.0 (45.0, 64.0) 59.0 (59.0, 60.0) 0.23

Ejection fraction 2. Visual estimations (EF2), 55.0 (45.0, 60.0) 55.0 (45.0, 60.0) 51.5 (45.0, 59.0) 50.0 (35.0, 55.0) 0.082

Right ventricular function 0.002

    Mildly/severely abnormal 47 (0.9) 28 (59.1) 18 (38.6) 1 (2.3)

Laboratory parameters (median, IQR) (N = 4330)

Hemoglobin, mmol/L 7.9 (7.1, 8.8) 8.0 (7.1, 8.8) 7.8 (6.6, 8.7) 7.5 (6.5, 8.4) <0.001

WBC count, ×10^9/L 4.7 (0.0, 8.4) 5.1 (0.0, 8.5) 0.018 (0.009, 7.5) 0.0184 (0.009, 6.9) <0.001

Platelets, 10^3/µL 230.5 (168.0, 336.0) 233.0 (170.0, 342.0) 219.0 (157.0, 306.0) 228.0 (154.0, 425.0) <0.001

ALT/SGPT, μmol/(s•L) 0.60 (0.38, 0.97) 0.58 (0.38, 0.95) 0.65 (0.40, 1.11) 0.63 (0.41, 1.09) 0.003

AST/SGOT, μmol/(s•L) 0.67 (0.47, 1.05) 0.65 (0.45, 1.00) 0.79 (0.52, 1.37) 0.82 (0.53, 1.30) <0.001

Creatinine-conversion, μmol/L 87.5 (70.6, 113.2) 85.0 (69.0, 107.0) 99.9 (74.3, 150.3) 104.3 (82.2, 195.4) <0.001

Sodium, mmol/L 137.0 (134.0, 140.0) 137.0 (134.0, 140.0) 136.3 (133.0, 140.0) 136.0 (133.0, 139.0) 0.10

Potassium, mmol/L 4.2 (3.8, 4.7) 4.2 (3.8, 4.6) 4.3 (3.8, 4.9) 4.5 (4.1, 5.0) <0.001

CRP, mg/L 53.8 (17.4, 110.7) 48.0 (15.7, 100.0) 93.2 (40.2, 174.0) 82.9 (21.5, 156.1) <0.001

ESR, mm/hr 43.0 (25.0, 67.0) 41.0 (24.0, 65.0) 52.0 (34.0, 81.0) 53.0 (40.0, 79.0) <0.001

Troponin, ng/mL 1.0 (0.1, 9.0) 1.0 (0.1, 9.0) 0.1 (0.037, 11.0) 20.0 (2.9, 32.0) 0.007

Troponin T, pg/mL 9.0 (0.5, 24.9) 8.0 (0.6, 20.0) 21.0 (5.5, 64.5) 0.123 (0.014, 16.0) <0.001

BNP, pmol/L 7.8 (1.5, 28.1) 6.0 (1.2, 21.4) 16.0 (5.1, 49.4) 19.9 (2.2, 44.1) <0.001

NT-proBNP, pmol/L 60.1 (12.1, 254.4) 46.7 (10.3, 224.2) 110.7 (34.3, 415.5) 505.5 (285.5, 1641.0) <0.001

CK-Mb, ukat/L, 0.24 (0.017, 13.0) 0.23 (0.017, 13.0) 0.47 (0.034, 19.0) 0.049 (0.017, 0.613) 0.001

Total cholesterol, mmol/L 4.0 (3.1, 5.0) 4.2 (3.4, 5.2) 3.4 (2.7, 4.3) 3.9 (2.5, 4.4) <0.001

HbA1c, % 6.9 (6.1, 8.5) 6.9 (6.1, 8.5) 7.0 (6.2, 8.4) 6.4 (5.9, 9.7) 0.80

D-dimer, mg/FEU/L 1.0 (0.4, 4.4) 0.9 (0.4, 3.9) 1.8 (0.7, 4.8) 2.5 (1.2, 26.5) <0.001

Ferritin, μg/L 514.1 (225.3, 1001.9) 476.0 (197.5, 962.0) 687.7 (350.3, 1365.2) 656.6 (392.0, 1068.0) <0.001

IL-6, pg/mL 25.2 (8.7, 64.7) 21.6 (7.0, 52.0) 65.8 (21.9, 125.0) 36.0 (17.6, 133.5) <0.001

Urea (BUN), mmol/L, 8.5 (5.5, 14.6) 7.7 (5.2, 12.9) 13.9 (7.9, 23.8) 17.0 (10.4, 28.2) <0.001

PT (seconds) 13.4 (12.0, 15.9) 13.3 (12.0, 15.6) 13.9 (12.1, 16.7) 13.2 (11.7, 16.7) 0.012

INR ratio 1.1 (0.9, 1.25) 1.1 (0.9, 1.23) 1.1 (0.96, 1.32) 1.1 (0.0119, 1.32) 0.015

IQR = interquartile range; mmol/L millimoles per liter; mg/L = milligrams per liter.

The Collaborator List

Four collaborators were inadvertently missed off the original list: L. Tetteh Appiah, Nabil Varwani, Lucky Rose Adika, and Humphrey Robert Guya.

The full, corrected contributor list is:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia: A. Issa, H. Cramer, C. Lamas, M. Paulino, V. Belidio, L. Sabioni, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hospital de Clinicas of the University: R. Pérez de la Hoz, J. Martin Aladio, M. Matsudo, S. Swieszkowski, A. Perez de la Hoz, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sanatorio Güemes: E. J. Zaidel, J. Perea, M. Ariel Oliva, N. Carboni Martinez, N. Bisso, L. Gheco, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Medical College Hospital: S. Talukder, S.Akter, M. Robed Amin, M. Ahmedul Kabir, M. Khairul Islam, M. Mohiuddin Sharif, K. Fayzus Salahin, S. Hossain, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Govt. Hospital: A. Rahim, K. M. Rubayet Anwar, S. Sajmin Siddiqa, M. Rahman, A. Hossain, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Specialized Hospital: A. Wadud Chowdhury, M. Mohiuddin Ahmed, M. Mushfiqur Rahman, U. F. Sultana, Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, University Clinical Center Republic of Srpska: B. Stanetic, I. Ovcina, B. Dujakovic, R. Tamburic, D. Vulic, R. Skrbic, Temuco, Chile, Hospital Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena: P. Figuero, F. La, C. Acs, S. Saavedra Bogota, Colombia, Clinica de Occidente: J Lugo-Peña, M. Ángel Zuleta, Cali, Colombia, Fundacion Valle del Lili: J. Esteban Gomez Mesa, S. Stephania Galindo-Coral, Maria Claudia Montes, Tbilisi, Georgia, High Technology Medical Centre: University Clinic (HTMC), K. Chelidze, I. Mamatsashvli, Kumasi, Ghana, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital: L Tetteh Appiah, Y. Hardy, J. Hutton, Accra, Ghana, Military Hospital: A. Toppar, Ludhiana, India, Dayanand Medical College Hospital: B. Mohan, M. Mennen, S. Singla, K. Jain, Ankush, Hyderabad, India, Apollo Hospital: V. Ram, G. Praveen Kumar, K. Subba Reddy, B. V. K. S. Sowmya, M. Rebecca, Hyderabad, India, Apollo Medical College: Jubilee Hills, S. Kuruvada, A. Nimmagadda, A. Begum, Jodhpur, India, P. Bhardwaj, J. Charan, S. Deora, D. Sharma, New Delhi, India, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS): N Naik, N Rai Jakarta, Indonesia, National Cardiovascular Center harapan Kita Hospital: D. Juzar, I Firdaus, B. Putra, M. Rayhan, Isfahan, Iran, Amin Hospital: Ladan Sadeghian, N. Sarrafzadegan, Khorshid hospital, Isfahan, Iran, Mohammad Hashemi, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto Medical Center: K. Hasegawa, Y. Iida, Tokyo, Japan, Kitasato University School of Medicine: J. Ako, R. Kameda, Tochigi, Japan, NHO Tochigi Medical Center: T. Kato, Mombasa, Kenya, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital: E. Ogola, K. Mwazo, V. Vaghela, S. Mohamed, A. Abeid, V. Mumbo, M. Ali Mohamed, A. Ikbal Varvani, M. Omar, V. Karegi, B. Nduati, Swaleh, E. Gacheri, D. Anyanga, S. M. Mohamed, E. Gacheri Riungu, D. Anyanga, Nabil Varwani, Mombasa, Kenya, The Mombasa Hospital: S. Mohamed, E. Gacheri Riungu, D. Anyanga, J. Kamuyu Muriuki, K. Rose, Lucky Rose Adika, Humphrey Robert Guya, Guanajuato, Mexico, ISSSTE Clínica Hospital de Guanajuato: A. Puentes Puentes, Lagos Nigeria, College of Medicine University of Lagos, A. Mbakwem, Ibadan, Nigeria, University College Hospital: O. Ogah, O. Adekanmbi, O. Adebayo, Y. Oyebisi, O. Makinde, O.A. Orimolade, O. Makinde, S. Alabi, Sagamu, Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital: F. Inofomoh, Ranti Familoni, Abimbola Olaitan, Victor Ayeni, Boluwatife Egbetola, Sindh, Pakistan, Tabba Heart Institute: S. Sheikh, H. Khan, Z Ahmed, S.F. Ali, R. Malik, Lisbon, Portugal, University Hospital Sta Maria: F. Pinto, D. Caldeira, S. Braz, J. Agostinho, J. Brito, H. Barbacena, F. Parlato, C. Carreiro, R. Soares, C. Gomes, A. Pinto Sousa, M. José Pires, St. Petersburg, Russia, Almazov National Medical Research Centre: A. Konradi, Z. Kobalava, Y. Yudina, M. Ionov, S. Verbilo, Y. Lavrishcheva, S. Bondar, Y. Khruleva Moscow, Russia, RUDN University, City clinical hospital named Vinogradov: L. Contselidze, Y. Khruleva, Kazan, Russia, Kazan Clinical Hospital, A. Galyavich, Z. Kim, Tomsk, Russia, Tomsk National Research Medical Centre, Asinovskaya Regional Hospital: A. Svarovskaya, A. Kuznetsova, Ryazan, Russia, Ryazan State Medical University, Ryazan Emergency Hospital: E. Philippov, Cape Town, South Africa, Groote Schuur Hospital: N. A. B. Ntusi, L. Chinhoyi, O. Briton, C. Viljoen, K. Sliwa, P. Singh, S. Mazondwa, M. Mennen, N. Williams, Khartoum, Sudan, Fedail Hospital: A. Suliman, Zurich, Switzerland, University Hospital of Zurich Hospital: F. Thienemann, V. Rossi, T. Studer, Atlanta, United States, A. Quyyumi, M. Prasad, D. Braun, Lusaka, Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa University Hospital: F. Goma, N. Mumba. ISSSTE Clínica Hospital de Guanajuato: J. E. Luna Cárdenas, G. Sánchez Loza.

Necessary Rewording for Clarity

Throughout the article, some sentences required rewording:

  • 1. In the ‘Data Collection’ section:

Each hospital provided the following information at the beginning of the study: estimated size of population served, total number of beds, number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds, number of ventilators, number of cardiologists, availability of echocardiogram (ECG) and advanced care interventional and diagnostic capability (e.g., extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [ECMO], echocardiography [ECHO]), and number of COVID-19 patients admitted in the previous month.

Becomes:

Each hospital provided the following information at the beginning of the study: estimated size of population served, total number of beds, number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds, number of ventilators, number of specialists, availability of echocardiogram (ECG) and advanced care interventional and diagnostic capability (e.g., extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [ECMO], echocardiography [ECHO]), and number of COVID-19 patients admitted in the previous month.

  • 2. In ‘Ethical Considerations’ the following sentence was added: ‘Mandated national regulatory clearances were also obtained.’
  • 3. In ‘Results’:

Non-survivors more often presented with significantly higher heart rate, lower diastolic blood pressures, shortness of breath and more frequently had hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, rheumatic heart disease, Chagas disease, valvular disease, and chronic kidney disease (Table 2b).

Becomes:

Non-survivors more often presented with significantly higher heart rate, lower diastolic blood pressures, shortness of breath and more frequently had hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke, chronic kidney disease, chronic pulmonary disease, asthma and renal replacement therapy. (Table 2b).

  • 4. Further on in the same section, ‘ECG examinations (n = 3497 patients; 65.8%) indicated that 2.5% had atrial fibrillation’ was corrected to ‘ECG examinations (n = 3490 patients; 65.8%) indicated that 2.5% had atrial fibrillation’.
  • 5. In the ‘Discussion’ section, the following passage was reworded from:

Our analysis demonstrated a greater rate of in-hospital deaths, post discharge 30-day deaths and MACE among Hispanics, and Asian populations compared to Caucasians. Higher prevalence of comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, renal disease and obesity among Asians, Hispanics, and other populations (such as Blacks and Middle Eastern populations) may play a role in the increased mortality and MACE in our cohort of COVID-19 patients.

To:

Our analysis demonstrated a greater rate of in-hospital deaths, and post discharge 30-day deaths among Hispanics, Asian, Blacks and Middle Eastern populations compared to Caucasians. Higher prevalence of comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, renal disease and obesity among Asians, Hispanics, Blacks and Middle Eastern populations may play a role in the increased mortality and MACE in our cohort of COVID-19 patients.

  • 6. In ‘Conclusions’, the following sentence: ‘The key predictors of mortality or MACE outcomes were older age (≥60 years), male sex, Asian/Hispanic/Black ethnicity, pre-existing coronary heart disease, diabetes, renal disease, severe infection of COVID-19 requiring ICU admission, oxygen therapy and higher respiratory rates, but no significant association was found with hypertension or RAAS inhibitors.’ Was corrected by removing ‘or MACE outcomes’.
  • 7. In the ‘Steering Committee’ section, Karen Sliwa (study Co-PI), Dorairaj Prabhakaran (Study Co-PI), Pablo Perel (co-PI), should all have had the same role title of ‘Study Co-PI’.

Acknowledgements

Dr. Kavita Singh is supported by the National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Centre, USA; Emerging Global Leader grant award number: 1 K43 TW011164. Dr Ribeiro is supported in part by Brazilian Agencies CNPq (310679/2016-8 and 465518/2014-1), by FAPEMIG (PPM-00428-17) and CAPES (88887.507149/2020-00). Karen Sliwa is supported by the Hippocrate Foundation and the Medical Research Council South Africa.

Competing interests

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

References

  1. Prabhakaran D, Singh K, Kondal D, Raspail L, Mohan B, Kato T, et al. Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the World Heart Federation COVID-19 Study. Global Heart. 2022; 17(1): 40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1128 

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