A case-control and cohort study to determine the relationship between ethnic background and severe COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People of minority ethnic backgrounds may be disproportionately affected by severe COVID-19. Whether this relates to increased infection risk, more severe disease progression, or worse in-hospital survival is unknown. The contribution of comorbidities or socioeconomic deprivation to ethnic patterning of outcomes is also unclear.

Methods

We conducted a case-control and a cohort study in an inner city primary and secondary care setting to examine whether ethnic background affects the risk of hospital admission with severe COVID-19 and/or in-hospital mortality. Inner city adult residents admitted to hospital with confirmed COVID-19 (n = 872 cases) were compared with 3,488 matched controls randomly sampled from a primary healthcare database comprising 344,083 p

SUBMITTER: Zakeri R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545271 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature