Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants.
Frederick Ka Wing HoFanny Petermann-RochaStuart Robert GrayBhautesh D JaniS Vittal KatikireddiClaire L NiedzwiedzHamish M E FosterClaire E HastieDaniel F MackayJason M R GillCatherine A O'DonnellPaul WelshFrances MairNaveed SattarCarlos A Celis-MoralesJill P PellPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Higher COVID-19 mortality among older adults was partially explained by other risk factors. 'Healthy' older adults were at much lower risk. Nonetheless, older age was an independent risk factor for COVID-19 mortality.