Racial/Ethnic Differences in Non-Discretionary Risk Factors for COVID-19 Among Patients in an Early COVID-19 Hotspot.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Baseline disparities in non-discretionary risk factors, i.e., those not readily altered, like family size and work environment, appear to underlie the disproportionate COVID-19 infection rates seen among Hispanic persons and, at surge onsets, Black persons. No study has systematically compared such risk factors by race/ethnicity among infected individuals.

Methods

Using a cross-sectional survey, we compared household, job, and socioeconomic characteristics among 260 Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White adults with confirmed or probable COVID-19 in New York from March to May 2020. We used logistic regression to identify independent relationships.

Results

In bivariate analysis, we found significant differences by race/ethnicity in the followin

SUBMITTER: Newton EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9524304 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature