Infection fatality risk for SARS-CoV-2 in community dwelling population of Spain: nationwide seroepidemiological study.

Roberto Pastor-BarriusoBeatriz Pérez-GómezMiguel A HernánMayte Pérez-OlmedaRaquel YottiJesús Oteo-IglesiasJose L SanmartínInmaculada León-GómezAurora Fernández-GarcíaPablo Fernández-NavarroIsrael CruzMariano MartínConcepción Delgado-SanzNerea Fernández de LarreaJose León PaniaguaJuan F Muñoz-MontalvoFaustino BlancoAmparo LarrauriMarina Pollánnull null

Published in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2020)

The increase in SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality risk after age 50 appeared to be more noticeable in men than in women. Based on the results of this study, fatality from covid-19 was greater than that reported for other common respiratory diseases, such as seasonal influenza.

Keyphrases

sars cov
coronavirus disease
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
cross sectional
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
breast cancer risk