作者
Timothy S Chang, Yi Ding, Malika K Freund, Ruth Johnson, Tommer Schwarz, Julie M Yabu, Chad Hazlett, Jeffrey N Chiang, David A Wulf, Anna L Antonio, Maryam Ariannejad, Angela M Badillo, Brunilda Balliu, Yael Berkovich, Michael Broudy, Tony Dang, Chris Denny, Eleazar Eskin, Eran Halperin, Brian L Hill, Ankur Jain, Vivek Katakwar, Clara Lajonchere, Clara Magyar, Sheila Minton, Ghouse Mohammed, Ariff Muhamed, Pabba Pavan, Michael A Pfeffer, Nadav Rakocz, Akos Rudas, Rey Salonga, Timothy J Sanders, Paul Tung, Vu Vu, Ailsa Zheng, Daniel H Geschwind, Manish J Butte, Bogdan Pasaniuc
发表日期
2021/3/19
期刊
Iscience
卷号
24
期号
3
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exposed health care disparities in minority groups including Hispanics/Latinxs (HL). Studies of COVID-19 risk factors for HL have relied on county-level data. We investigated COVID-19 risk factors in HL using individual-level, electronic health records in a Los Angeles health system between March 9, 2020, and August 31, 2020. Of 9,287 HL tested for SARS-CoV-2, 562 were positive. HL constituted an increasing percentage of all COVID-19 positive individuals as disease severity escalated. Multiple risk factors identified in Non-Hispanic/Latinx whites (NHL-W), like renal disease, also conveyed risk in HL. Pre-existing nonrheumatic mitral valve disorder was a risk factor for HL hospitalization but not for NHL-W COVID-19 or HL influenza hospitalization, suggesting it may be a specific HL COVID-19 risk. Admission laboratory values also suggested that HL presented with a …
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