Ethnicity, pre-existing comorbidities, and outcomes of hospitalised patients with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in thousands of deaths in the UK. Those with existing comorbidities and minority ethnic groups have been found to be at increased risk of mortality. We wished to determine if there were any differences in intensive care unit (ICU) admission and 30-day hospital mortality in a city with high levels of deprivation and a large community of people of South Asian heritage.  Methods: Detailed information on 582 COVID-19-positive inpatients in Bradford and Calderdale between February-August 2020 were extracted from Electronic Health Records. Logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards models were used to explore the relationship between ethnicity with admission to ICU and 30-day mortality, respectively acc

SUBMITTER: Santorelli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8408538 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature