Ethnic minorities and COVID-19: examining whether excess risk is mediated through deprivation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People from South Asian and black minority ethnic groups are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is unknown whether deprivation mediates this excess ethnic risk.

Methods

We used UK Biobank with linked COVID-19 outcomes occurring between 16th March 2020 and 24th August 2020. A four-way decomposition mediation analysis was used to model the extent to which the excess risk of testing positive, severe disease and mortality for COVID-19 in South Asian and black individuals, relative to white individuals, would be eliminated if levels of high material deprivation were reduced within the population.

Results

We included 15 044 (53.0% women) South Asian and black and 392 786 (55.2% women) white individuals. There were 151 (1.0%) positive tests,

SUBMITTER: Razieh C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8083789 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature