Dr John Campbell
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Coronavirus, report on ethnicity and mortality
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July 8, 2020
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26:15Now PlayingHospitalization and Mortality among Black Patients and White Patients with Covid-19 (25 June, 2020)
METHODS
Retrospective cohort study
Patients in Louisiana between March 1 and April 11, 2020,
All tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Primary outcomes, hospitalization and in-hospital death
Health population
Non- Hispanic
31% black
65% white
RESULTS
3481 Covid-19–positive patients included
60.0% were female
70.4% were black
29.6% were white
Black patients had more;
Obesity
Diabetes
Hypertension
Chronic kidney disease
Hospitalized people
39.7% of Covid-19–positive patients (1,382 patients) were hospitilized
76.9% of whom were black
Critical care or mechanical ventilation, 80% were black.
326 of 1,382 patients died from Covid-19
70.6% were black
Variables
Increasing age
Presentation with an elevated respiratory rate
Elevated levels of venous lactate or creatinine
Low platelets
Low lymphocytes
Black race was not independently associated with higher in hospital mortality
Other factors
Occupational exposure
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