The impact of race and ethnicity on outcomes in 19,584 adults hospitalized with COVID-19.
Ann Marie NavarStacey N PurintonQingjiang HouRobert J TaylorEric D PetersonPublished in: PloS one (2021)
In this large, multicenter, EHR-based analysis, Black adults hospitalized with COVID-19 had higher observed mortality than white patients due to a higher burden of comorbidities in Black adults. In contrast, Hispanic ethnicity was associated with lower mortality, even in fully adjusted models.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- coronary artery disease
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- cardiovascular disease
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- cross sectional
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- insulin resistance