Wellcome Open Research (May 2020)

COVID-19 in-patient hospital mortality by ethnicity [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

  • Gillian Santorelli,
  • Trevor Sheldon,
  • Jane West,
  • Chris Cartwright,
  • John Wright

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15913.1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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There is debate about the extent to which COVID-19 affects ethnic groups differently. We explored if there was variation in hospital mortality in patients with COVID. Mortality rates in 1,276 inpatients in Bradford with test results for COVID-19 were analysed by ethnic group. The age-adjusted risk of dying from COVID-19 was slightly lower in South Asian compared to White British patients. (RR =0.87, 95% CI: 0.41 to 1.84).