December 7, 2020

Household Factors and the Risk of Severe COVID-like Illness Early in the US Pandemic

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Transmission

Keywords (Tags): transmission

[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A study of SARS-CoV-2 household transmission found that household crowding and having children in the home were both independent risk factors for being hospitalized with COVID-19 early in the pandemic in the US. COVID-19 hospitalization for households with children (versus without) was higher among study participants living in multi-unit (aOR=10.5) vs single unit dwellings (aOR=2.2). Among participants living in multi-unit dwellings, the aOR for COVID-19 hospitalization among participants with more than 4 persons in their household (versus 1 person) was 2.5, and 0.8 among those living in single unit dwellings.

Nash et al. (Dec 4, 2020). Household Factors and the Risk of Severe COVID-like Illness Early in the US Pandemic. Pre-print downloaded Dec 6 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.03.20243683