Comparison of two different frailty measurements and risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19: findings from UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty has been associated with worse prognosis following COVID-19 infection. While several studies have reported the association between frailty and COVID-19 mortality or length of hospital stay, there have been no community-based studies on the association between frailty and risk of severe infection. Considering that different definitions have been identified to assess frailty, this study aimed to compare the association between frailty and severe COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank using two frailty classifications: the frailty phenotype and the frailty index.

Methods

A total of 383,845 UK Biobank participants recruited 2006-2010 in England (211,310 [55.1%] women, baseline age 37-73 years) were included. COVID-19 test data were provided by Public Health England

SUBMITTER: Petermann-Rocha F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7652674 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature