September 15, 2020

Comorbidities Associated with Mortality in 31,461 Adults with COVID-19 in the United States: A Federated Electronic Medical Record Analysis

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics

• Older age, male sex, and being Black or African American were significantly associated with mortality from COVID-19 across different age groups in a retrospective cohort study of patients age 18-90 years in the US (n=31,461). Comorbidities associated with higher odds of death varied across age groups and included heart attack history, congestive heart failure, dementia, chronic pulmonary disease, liver disease, renal disease, and metastatic tumors.

Harrison et al. (Sept 10, 2020). Comorbidities Associated with Mortality in 31,461 Adults with COVID-19 in the United States: A Federated Electronic Medical Record Analysis. PLOS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003321