COVID-19 mortality effects of underlying health conditions in India: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To model how known COVID-19 comorbidities affect mortality rates and the age distribution of mortality in a large lower-middle-income country (India), and to identify which health conditions drive differences with high-income countries.

Design

Modelling study.

Setting

England and India.

Participants

Individual data were obtained from the fourth round of the District Level Household Survey and Annual Health Survey in India, and aggregate data were obtained from the Health Survey for England and the Global Burden of Disease, Risk Factors and Injuries Studies.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was the modelled age-specific mortality in each country due to each COVID-19 mortality risk factor (diabetes, hypertension, obesity and respiratory

SUBMITTER: Novosad P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745455 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature