Race Versus Social Determinants of Health in COVID-19 Hospitalization Prediction.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Including race as a biological construct in risk prediction models may guide clinical decisions in ways that cause harm and widen racial disparities. This study reports on using race versus social determinants of health (SDoH) in predicting the associations between cardiometabolic disease severity (assessed using cardiometabolic disease staging) and COVID-19 hospitalization.

Methods

Electronic medical record data on patients with a positive COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction test in 2020 and a previous encounter in the electronic medical record where cardiometabolic disease staging clinical data (BMI, blood glucose, blood pressure, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides) were available from 2017 to 2020, were analyzed in 2021. Associations betwe

SUBMITTER: Howell CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9212800 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature