Association between ethnic background and COVID-19 morbidity, mortality and vaccination in England: a multistate cohort analysis using the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite growing evidence suggesting increased COVID-19 mortality among people from ethnic minorities, little is known about milder forms of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We sought to explore the association between ethnic background and the probability of testing, testing positive, hospitalisation, COVID-19 mortality and vaccination uptake.

Design

A multistate cohort analysis. Participants were followed between 8 April 2020 and 30 September 2021.

Setting

The UK Biobank, which stores medical data on around half a million people who were recruited between 2006 and 2010.

Participants

405 541 subjects were eligible for analysis, limited to UK Biobank participants living in England. 23 891 (6%) of participants were non-white.

Primary and secondary outcome meas

SUBMITTER: Urdiales T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10514643 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature