Ethnic Disparities in Hospitalization for COVID-19: a Community-Based Cohort Study in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Differentials in COVID-19 incidence, hospitalization and mortality according to ethnicity are being reported but their origin is uncertain.

Objective

We aimed to explain any ethnic differentials in COVID-19 hospitalization based on socioeconomic, lifestyle, mental and physical health factors.

Design

Prospective cohort study with national registry linkage to hospitalisation for COVID-19.

Setting

Community-dwelling.

Participants

340,966 men and women (mean age 56.2 (SD=8.1) years; 54.3% women) residing in England from the UK Biobank study. Exposures: Ethnicity classified as White, Black, Asian, and Others. Main Outcome(s) and Measure(s): Cases of COVID-19 serious enough to warrant a hospital admission in England from 16-March-2020 to 26-April-20

SUBMITTER: Lassale C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7273271 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature