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Outcomes from COVID-19 across the range of frailty: excess mortality in fitter older people

2020-05-24 geriatric medicine Title + abstract only
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PurposeOur aim was to quantify the mortality from COVID-19 and identify any interactions with frailty and other demographic factors. MethodsHospitalised patients aged [≥]70 were included, comparing COVID-19 cases with non-COVID-19 controls admitted over the same period. Frailty was prospectively measured and mortality ascertained through linkage with national and local statutory reports. ResultsIn 217 COVID-19 cases and 160 controls, older age and South Asian ethnicity, though not socioecon...

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