A population-based cohort study of socio-demographic risk factors for COVID-19 deaths in Sweden

S Drefahl, M Wallace, E Mussino, S Aradhya… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
… Our results show that unmarried elderly people are at particularly high risk of dying from
COVID-19. This is the segment of the population that is in higher need than others to rely on …

Obesity: a critical risk factor in the COVID19 pandemic

S Kwok, S Adam, JH Ho, Z Iqbal, P Turkington… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… Our current understanding of obesity as an independent risk factor for severity of COVID-19
is borne out of observational studies. Further research is necessary to better elucidate the …

Obesity‑a risk factor for increased COVID19 prevalence, severity and lethality

D Petrakis, D Margină… - Molecular …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
… with COVID19 and … COVID19 will affect its prognosis. Finally, pregnancy‑associated obesity
needs to be studied further in connection to COVID19 as this infection could pose high risk

The COVID-19 pandemic: how can risk science help?

T Aven, F Bouder - Journal of Risk Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… First, we reflect on how Coronavirus-related risks are currently described and communicated.
We point to several areas where enhancements can be made. Then we look into the …

Low risk of covid-19 transmission in GI endoscopy

A Repici, G Aragona, G Cengia, P Cantù, M Spadaccini… - Gut, 2020 - gut.bmj.com
… Our retrospective study shows a very low risk of COVID-19 infection for patients undergoing
… be an only slightly higher risk for the HCWs involved in such activity. The infection risk of GI …

[HTML][HTML] Adults at high-risk of severe coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) in Brazil

LFM Rezende, B Thome, MC Schveitzer… - Revista de saude …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
… In conclusion, proportion and total number of adults at risk of severe Covid-19 is high in
Brazil, with wide variation across states and adult subgroups. These findings should be …

Thrombosis risk associated with COVID-19 infection. A scoping review

F Al-Ani, S Chehade, A Lazo-Langner - Thrombosis research, 2020 - Elsevier
… an elevated risk of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 … This study also
demonstrates that the risk of VTE is higher … Furthermore, the coagulopathy seen in COVID-19 was …

How bad is it? Suicidality in the middle of the COVID19 pandemic

KM Fitzpatrick, C Harris… - Suicide and Life …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has added a layer of risk to personal safety as the
pandemic continues to alter people’s daily lives. People are generally fearful of COVID-19 and its …

Developing a COVID-19 mortality risk prediction model when individual-level data are not available

N Barda, D Riesel, A Akriv, J Levy, U Finkel… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
… 40% of the patients to be at high risk. While this group does include 98% of the … risk by our
more granular model allows defining only 15% of the COVID-19 patient population as high risk

COVID-19 infection in children

IP Sinha, R Harwood, MG Semple… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
… Although the death rate from COVID-19 in children is low, medical professionals and … high.
Adults with cardiorespiratory comorbidities are at increased risk of mortality from COVID-19; …