In this month’s final COVID-19 Health Equity review, we discuss recent literature on the impact of COVID-19 among people who have certain chronic conditions, including psychiatric disorders, obesity, and HIV. Psychiatric Disorders Individuals who have major psychiatric disorders tend to
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The authors of this article examine whether social and behavioral risk factors were associated with mortality related to COVID-19 among US veterans. Specific risk factors examined in the study include housing problems, financial hardship, and tobacco, alcohol, and substance use.
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Maternal Outcomes The authors of this meta-analysis examine endocrine disorders in pregnant women with COVID-19 and without and its impact on maternal outcomes. A total of 141 articles met the research criteria and were included in the meta-analyses. Key findings
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Risk Factors This meta-analysis aims to provide an overview of the major predictors of SARS-CoV-2 related mortality rates (MR). All prospective and retrospective observational studies reporting crude overall COVID-19-related MR in hospitalized patients were included in the study. There were
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Viral Load and COVID-19 Few studies have examined the association between upper respiratory tract (URT) viral load and symptomatic COVID-19 disease severity . This study, however, examined URT viral load of patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic COVID-19 infection and their
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Obesity has been found to be a risk factor for hospitalization with COVID‐19. This cross-sectional study analyzed whether patients hospitalized with COVID‐19 differed in BMI at older versus younger ages, and determined whether trends were independent of diabetes and hypertension.
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