The association of smoking status with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, hospitalization and mortality from COVID‐19: a living rapid evidence review with Bayesian meta …

D Simons, L Shahab, J Brown, O Perski - Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the association of smoking status with rates of (i) infection,(ii)
hospitalization,(iii) disease severity and (iv) mortality from SARS‐CoV‐2/COVID‐19 disease …

[HTML][HTML] Different aspects of frailty and COVID-19: points to consider in the current pandemic and future ones

H Hussien, A Nastasa, M Apetrii, I Nistor, M Petrovic… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Older adults at a higher risk of adverse outcomes and mortality if they get
infected with Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). These …

Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for COVID-19, and comparison to risk factors for influenza and pneumonia: results from a UK Biobank prospective cohort …

FK Ho, CA Celis-Morales, SR Gray, SV Katikireddi… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We aimed to investigate demographic, lifestyle, socioeconomic and clinical risk
factors for COVID-19, and compared them to risk factors for pneumonia and influenza in UK …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in migrants and ethnic minorities compared with the general population in the European WHO region during the first year of the …

A Jaljaa, S Caminada, ME Tosti, F D'Angelo… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Migrants and ethnic minorities have suffered a disproportionate impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic compared to the general population from different perspectives. Our …

Changes in psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults: the contribution of frailty transitions and multimorbidity

Y Wang, P Fu, J Li, Z Jing, Q Wang, D Zhao… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aim To investigate changes in psychological distress in community-dwelling older adults
before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the contribution …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of frailty on survival in elderly intensive care patients with COVID-19: the COVIP study

C Jung, H Flaatten, J Fjølner, RR Bruno, B Wernly… - Critical care, 2021 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led highly developed healthcare systems to the
brink of collapse due to the large numbers of patients being admitted into hospitals. One of …

Physical decline and cognitive impairment in frail hypertensive elders during COVID-19

P Mone, A Pansini, S Frullone, A de Donato… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Hypertension is common in older adults and its incidence increases with age.
We investigated the correlation between physical and cognitive impairment in older adults …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of frailty on COVID-19 outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 16 cohort studies

Y Yang, K Luo, Y Jiang, Q Yu, X Huang, J Wang… - The Journal of nutrition …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Frail patients are increasingly vulnerable to stress, which is mainly manifested
by a reduced physiologic reserve in metabolic and immune systems and neuromuscular …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of multimorbidity and risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: an observational study in the UK

YV Chudasama, F Zaccardi, CL Gillies, C Razieh… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Pre-existing comorbidities have been linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection but
evidence is sparse on the importance and pattern of multimorbidity (2 or more conditions) …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19—the long road to recovery

JE Morley - The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2020 - Springer
918 resulting in autonomic dysregulation (18). Further, the increase in cytokines can
damage the autonomic nervous system (19). Postural orthostatic tachycardia has also been …