Racial disparities in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 infection and gynecologic malignancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mounting evidence suggests disproportionate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations and deaths because of racial disparities. The association of race in a cohort of gynecologic oncology patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 infection is unknown.

Methods

Data were abstracted from gynecologic oncology patients with COVID-19 infection among 8 New York City area hospital systems. A multivariable mixed-effects logistic regression model accounting for county clustering was used to analyze COVID-19-related hospitalization and mortality.

Results

Of 193 patients who had gynecologic cancer and COVID-19, 67 (34.7%) were Black, and 126 (65.3%) were non-Black. Black patients were more likely to require hospitalization compared with n

SUBMITTER: Lara OD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8504148 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature