Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2020)

Updated Estimates of Chronic Conditions Affecting Risk for Complications from Coronavirus Disease, United States

  • Mary L. Adams,
  • David L. Katz,
  • Joseph Grandpre

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.202117
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 9
pp. 2172 – 2175

Abstract

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We updated estimates of adults at risk for coronavirus disease complications on the basis of data for China by using recent US hospitalization data. This update to our previous publication substitutes obesity for cancer as an underlying condition and increases adults reporting any of the conditions from 45.4% to 56.0%.

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