COVID-19 in patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases: a single-centre cross-sectional study in East London.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore risk factors associated with COVID-19 susceptibility and survival in patients with pre-existing hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) conditions.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

East London Pancreatic Cancer Epidemiology (EL-PaC-Epidem) Study at Barts Health National Health Service Trust, UK. Linked electronic health records were interrogated on a cohort of participants (age ≥18 years), reported with HPB conditions between 1 April 2008 and 6 March 2020.

Participants

EL-PaC-Epidem Study participants, alive on 12 February 2020, and living in East London within the previous 6 months (n=15 440). The cohort represents a multi-ethnic population with 51.7% belonging to the non-White background.

Main outcome measure

COVID-19 incidence and mor

SUBMITTER: Dayem Ullah AZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8057071 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature