The impact of ethnicity on clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between ethnicity and COVID-19 is uncertain. We performed a systematic review to assess whether ethnicity has been reported in patients with COVID-19 and its relation to clinical outcomes.

Methods

We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and PROSPERO for English-language citations on ethnicity and COVID-19 (1^st December 2019-15^th May 2020). We also reviewed: COVID-19 articles in NEJM, Lancet, BMJ, JAMA, clinical trial protocols, grey literature, surveillance data and preprint articles on COVID-19 in MedRxiv to evaluate if the association between ethnicity and clinical outcomes were reported and what they showed. PROSPERO:180654.

Findings

Of 207 articles in the database search, five reported ethnicity

SUBMITTER: Pan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7267805 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature