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cord-304108-kn9v8qmz	Aksu, Kurtuluş	Factors determining COVID‐19 pneumonia severity in a country with routine BCG vaccination	2020-08-19		.txt	text/plain	2648	161	46	While the rate of cases vaccinated with BCG is lower (68.5% vs 88.2%; p=.026), the mean age (54.0 ± 11.5 years vs 38.3 ±10.7 years; p <.001), diabetes (32.6% vs 5.9%; p=.002) and low income (84.3% vs 52.9% p<.001) are higher in patients with severe disease compared to those with mild disease. Comparison of characteristics of BCG-vaccinated andunvaccinated COVID-19 pneumonia patients revealed that, mean age and low income rate were significantly higher in BCG-unvaccinated subjects compared to BCG-vaccinated subjects. Mean age, rate of diabetes, low-income and BCGvaccination status were the parameters differed significantly between mild and severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients ( Table 3 ). 12, 13 The study population consisted of BCG-vaccinated and -unvaccinated COVID-19 pneumonia cases in order to compare the severity of the disease in the two groups. Accordingly, logistic analysis revealed that increasing age and low income level were predictive of severe disease, whereas BCG vaccination status is not related to the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia.	./cache/cord-304108-kn9v8qmz.txt	./txt/cord-304108-kn9v8qmz.txt