2381/12374963.v2
M Pareek
M
Pareek
MN Bangash
MN
Bangash
N Pareek
N
Pareek
D Pan
D
Pan
S Sze
S
Sze
JS Minhas
JS
Minhas
W Hanif
W
Hanif
K Khunti
K
Khunti
Ethnicity and COVID-19: an urgent public health research priority
University of Leicester
2020
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Ethnic Groups
Health Behavior
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
Public Health
Research
Social Behavior
2020-05-27 15:39:55
Journal contribution
https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Ethnicity_and_COVID-19_an_urgent_public_health_research_priority/12374963
<div>[First paragraph] As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues advancing globally, reporting of clinical outcomes and risk factors for intensive care unit admission and mortality are emerging. Early Chinese and Italian reports associated increasing age, male sex, smoking, and cardiometabolic comorbidity with adverse outcomes.<div><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30922-3/fulltext#bib1">1</a></div> Striking differences between Chinese and Italian mortality indicate ethnicity might affect disease outcome, but there is little to no data to support or refute this.</div><div><br></div>