Differences in hospitalizations associated with severe COVID-19 disease among foreign- and Swedish-born.
Sol Pia JuárezAgneta CederströmSiddartha AradhyaMikael RostilaPublished in: European journal of public health (2023)
Foreign-born individuals-including origins with excess COVID-19 mortality in Sweden-did not show increased risk of hospitalizations for most causes associated with severe COVID-19 disease. However, all groups showed increased risks of hospitalization for tuberculosis and HIV and, with exceptions, for chronic kidney conditions, diabetes and thalassemia. Although studies should determine whether these health conditions explain the observed excess COVID-19 mortality, our study alerts to an increased risk of hospitalization that can be avoidable via treatment or preventive measures.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- healthcare
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- public health
- cardiovascular disease
- early onset
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- antiretroviral therapy
- risk factors
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hepatitis c virus
- low birth weight
- gestational age
- metabolic syndrome
- risk assessment
- combination therapy
- men who have sex with men
- pulmonary tuberculosis