Risk of Clinical Severity by Age and Race/Ethnicity Among Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19-United States, March-September 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults and people from certain racial and ethnic groups are disproportionately represented in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations and deaths.

Methods

Using data from the Premier Healthcare Database on 181813 hospitalized adults diagnosed with COVID-19 during March-September 2020, we applied multivariable log-binomial regression to assess the associations between age and race/ethnicity and COVID-19 clinical severity (intensive care unit [ICU] admission, invasive mechanical ventilation [IMV], and death) and to determine whether the impact of age on clinical severity differs by race/ethnicity.

Results

Overall, 84497 (47%) patients were admitted to the ICU, 29078 (16%) received IMV, and 2786

SUBMITTER: Pennington AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7798738 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature