Pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders and risk of COVID-19: a UK Biobank cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric morbidities have been associated with a risk of severe infections through compromised immunity, health behaviours, or both. However, data are scarce on the association between multiple types of pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders and COVID-19. We aimed to assess the association between pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders and the subsequent risk of COVID-19 using UK Biobank.

Methods

For this cohort analysis, we included participants from UK Biobank who were registered in England and excluded individuals who died before Jan 31, 2020, (the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK) or had withdrawn from UK Biobank. Participants diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder before Jan 31 were included in the group of individuals with pre-pandemic psychiatric disorder

SUBMITTER: Yang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7832159 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature