Association Between Race/Ethnicity and COVID-19 Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients From the United States: Data From the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance.
Manuel Francisco Ugarte-GilGraciela S AlarconAndrea M SeetZara IzadiAnna D MontgomeryAli Duarte GarciaEmily L GilbertMaria O Valenzuela-AlmadaLeanna M WiseJeffrey A SparksTiffany Y-T HsuKristin M D'SilvaNaomi J PatelEmily SirotichJean W LiewJonathan S HausmannPaul SufkaPhilip C RobinsonSuleman BhanaZachary Scott WallaceLindsay JacobsohnAnja StrangfeldElsa F MateusKimmie L HyrichLaure GossecLoreto CarmonaSaskia Lawson-ToveyLianne Kearsley-FleetMartin SchaeferPedro M MachadoPhilip C RobinsonMilena A GianfrancescoRebecca GraingerPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2022)
Black and Hispanic individuals with SLE experienced more severe COVID-19 outcomes, which is consistent with findings in the US general population. These results likely reflect socioeconomic and health disparities and suggest that more aggressive efforts are needed to prevent and treat infection in this population.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- public health
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- electronic health record
- adipose tissue
- rheumatoid arthritis
- machine learning
- patient reported outcomes
- disease activity
- metabolic syndrome
- risk assessment
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- african american
- patient reported