SSM Annual Scientific Meeting

ABSTRACT

The proceedings contain 194 papers. The topics discussed include comparative analysis of risk factors for excess and usual mortality during the first 2020 COVID-19 pandemic phase in England;differences in the rates of new diagnoses reported pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic;a counterfactual analysis of the effects of lockdown timing on cases of COVID-19 across Europe;evaluating social and spatial inequalities of large scale rapid lateral flow SARS-COV-2 antigen testing in covid-19 management an observational study of Liverpool, UK (November 2020 to January 2021);evaluating the impacts of tiered restrictions introduced in England, during October and December 2020 on covid-19 cases a synthetic control study;socioeconomic position and sex-specific trajectories of metabolites from childhood to early adulthood a prospective cohort study;association between cardiovascular health and heart failure in older British men;findings from the British regional heart study;and implementing a national weight-reduction lifestyle intervention to the NHS health checks population long-term outcomes micro-simulation modelling of the NHS diabetes prevention program.