Household factors and the risk of severe COVID-like illness early in the U.S. pandemic.
PLoS One
; 17(7): e0271786, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1951561
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the role of children in the home and household crowding as risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease.METHODS:
We used interview data from 6,831 U.S. adults screened for the Communities, Households and SARS/CoV-2 Epidemiology (CHASING) COVID Cohort Study in April 2020.RESULTS:
In logistic regression models, the adjusted odds ratio [aOR] of hospitalization due to COVID-19 for having (versus not having) children in the home was 10.5 (95% CI5.7-19.1) among study participants living in multi-unit dwellings and 2.2 (95% CI1.2-6.5) among those living in single unit dwellings. Among participants living in multi-unit dwellings, the aOR for COVID-19 hospitalization among participants with more than 4 persons in their household (versus 1 person) was 2.5 (95% CI1.0-6.1), and 0.8 (95% CI0.15-4.1) among those living in single unit dwellings.CONCLUSION:
Early in the US SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, certain household exposures likely increased the risk of both SARS-CoV-2 acquisition and the risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pone.0271786
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