Ethnicity and outcomes in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 infection in East London: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe outcomes within different ethnic groups of a cohort of hospitalised patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection. To quantify and describe the impact of a number of prognostic factors, including frailty and inflammatory markers.

Setting

Five acute National Health Service Hospitals in east London.

Design

Prospectively defined observational study using registry data.

Participants

1737 patients aged 16 years or over admitted to hospital with confirmed COVID-19 infection between 1 January and 13 May 2020.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was 30-day mortality from time of first hospital admission with COVID-19 diagnosis during or prior to admission. Secondary outcomes were 90-day mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, ICU

SUBMITTER: Apea VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7813387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature