Association of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status With COVID-19 Hospitalization and Mortality in Those With and Without Chronic Kidney Disease

  • TJ Wilkinson (7718453)
  • CJ Lightfoot (10763949)
  • AC Smith (7707719)
  • T Yates (7347116)
  • K Khunti (7552136)
  • F Zaccardi (7704065)
Publication date
December 2021

Abstract

In the United Kingdom, as of December 2021, there have been more than 11.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 170,000 deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2.S1 Data are being reported on subpopulations most at risk of COVID-19 and its most severe forms. Age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic position—fundamental components in health inequality—strongly influence health outcomes for both infectious and noncommunicable diseases, and COVID-19 has further exposed the strong association between these and adverse health outcomes.1There is substantial evidence that a disproportionate impact of COVID-19 exists on Black and South Asian ethnic groups.S2 Individuals from these groups are more likely to be infected by SARS-CoV-2 and have an increased ri...

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