Estimation of case-fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the New York state: a preliminary report.
In: Epidemiology & Infection, Jg. 149 (2021-10-01), S. 1-3
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Pre-existing health conditions may exacerbate the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to estimate the case-fatality rate (CFR) and rate ratios (RR) for patients with hypertension (HBP) and diabetes mellitus (DM) in the New York state. We obtained the age-specific number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths from public reports provided by the New York State Department of Health, and age-specific prevalence of HBP and DM from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2017. We calculated CFR and RR for COVID-19 patients with HBP and DM based on the reported number of deaths with the comorbidity divided by the expected number of COVID-19 cases with the comorbidity. We performed subgroup analysis by age and calculated the CFR and RR for ages of 18–44, 45–64 and 65+ years, respectively. We found that the older population had a higher CFR, but the elevated RRs associated with comorbidities are more pronounced among the younger population. Our findings suggest that besides the elderly, the young population with comorbidity should also be considered as a vulnerable group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Estimation of case-fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the New York state: a preliminary report.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Ge, Yang ; Sun, Shengzhi ; Shen, Ye |
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Zeitschrift: | Epidemiology & Infection, Jg. 149 (2021-10-01), S. 1-3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0950-2688 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0950268821000066 |
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