Electronic health record analysis identifies kidney disease as the leading risk factor for hospitalization in confirmed COVID-19 patients.

Matthew T OetjensJonathan Z LuoAlexander ChangJoseph B LeaderDustin N HartzelBryn S MooreNatasha T StrandeH Lester KirchnerDavid H LedbetterAnne E JusticeDavid J CareyTooraj Mirshahi

Published in: PloS one (2020)

This study provides quantitative estimates of the contribution of pre-existing clinical phenotypes to COVID-19 hospitalization and highlights kidney disorders as the strongest factors associated with hospitalization in an integrated US healthcare system.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
sars cov
coronavirus disease
genome wide
high resolution
gene expression
dna methylation
respiratory syndrome coronavirus