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Impact of ethnicity on outcome of severe COVID-19 infection. Data from an ethnically diverse UK tertiary centre

Teo, J. T.; Bean, D.; Bendeyan, R.; Dobson, R.; Shah, A.

2020-05-06 intensive care and critical care medicine
10.1101/2020.05.02.20078642 medRxiv
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During the current COVID-19 pandemic, it has been suggested that BAME background patients may be disproportionately affected compared to White but few detailed data are available. We took advantage of near real-time hospital data access and analysis pipelines to look at the impact of ethnicity in 1200 consecutive patients admitted between 1st March 2020 and 12th May 2020 to Kings College Hospital NHS Trust in London (UK). Our key findings are firstly that BAME patients are significantly younger and have different co-morbidity profiles than White individuals. Secondly, there is no significant independent effect of ethnicity on severe outcomes (death or ITU admission) within 14-days of symptom onset, after adjustment for age, sex and comorbidities.

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