Coronavirus disease 2019 mortality: a multivariate ecological analysis in relation to ethnicity, population density, obesity, deprivation and pollution.
Public Health
; 185: 261-263, 2020 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-658503
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is emerging evidence about characteristics that may increase the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality, but they are highly correlated.METHODS:
An ecological analysis was used to estimate associations between these variables and age-standardised COVID-19 mortality rates at the local authority level.RESULTS:
Ethnicity, population density and overweight/obesity were all found to have strong independent associations with COVID-19 mortality, at the local authority level.DISCUSSION:
This analysis provides some preliminary evidence about which variables are independently associated with COVID-19 mortality and suggests that others (deprivation and pollution) are not directly linked. It highlights the importance of multivariate analyses to understand the factors that increase vulnerability to COVID-19.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Health Status Disparities
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Public Health
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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