Association of Race and Ethnicity With Comorbidities and Survival Among Patients With COVID-19 at an Urban Medical Center in New York.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

As of May 11, 2020, there have been more than 290 000 deaths worldwide from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Risk-adjusted differences in outcomes among patients of differing ethnicity and race categories are not well characterized.

Objectives

To investigate whether presenting comorbidities in patients with COVID-19 in New York City differed by race/ethnicity and whether case fatality rates varied among different ethnic and racial groups, controlling for presenting comorbidities and other risk factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included 5902 patients who presented for care to the Montefiore Medical Center, a large urban academic medical center in the Bro

SUBMITTER: Kabarriti R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7519416 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature