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Whittington BJ, Buttazzoni G, Patel A, Power LE, McKane P, Fleischer NL, Hirschtick JL. Disparities in COVID-19 Hospitalization at the Intersection of Race and Ethnicity and Income. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2024; 11:1116-1123. [PMID: 37058202 PMCID: PMC10103660 DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01591-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Existing studies have elucidated racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalizations, but few have examined disparities at the intersection of race and ethnicity and income. METHODS We used a population-based probability survey of non-institutionalized adults in Michigan with a polymerase chain reaction-positive SARS-CoV-2 test before November 16, 2020. We categorized respondents by race and ethnicity and annual household income: low-income (< $50,000) Non-Hispanic (NH) Black, high-income (≥ $50,000) NH Black, low-income Hispanic, high-income Hispanic, low-income NH White, and high-income NH White. We used modified Poisson regression models, adjusting for sex, age group, survey mode, and sample wave, to estimate COVID-19 hospitalization prevalence ratios by race and ethnicity and income. RESULTS Over half of the analytic sample (n = 1593) was female (54.9%) and age 45 or older (52.5%), with 14.5% hospitalized for COVID-19. Hospitalization was most prevalent among low-income (32.9%) and high-income (31.2%) Non-Hispanic (NH) Black adults, followed by low-income NH White (15.3%), low-income Hispanic (12.9%), high-income NH White (9.6%), and high-income Hispanic adults (8.8%). In adjusted models, NH Black adults, regardless of income (low-income prevalence ratio [PR]: 1.86, 95% CI: 1.36-2.54; high-income PR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.07-2.31), and low-income NH White adults (PR: 1.52, 95% CI: 1.12-2.07), had higher prevalence of hospitalization compared to high-income NH White adults. We observed no significant difference in the prevalence of hospitalization among Hispanic adults relative to high-income NH White adults. CONCLUSIONS We observed disparities in COVID-19 hospitalization at the intersection of race and ethnicity and income for NH Black adults and low-income NH White adults relative to high-income NH White adults, but not for Hispanic adults.
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- Blair J Whittington
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology and Genomics Division, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI, USA
- Animal Industry Division, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Cho WKT, Hwang DG. Differential Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Social Vulnerability on COVID-19 Positivity, Hospitalization, and Death in the San Francisco Bay Area. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2023; 10:834-843. [PMID: 35239177 PMCID: PMC8893050 DOI: 10.1007/s40615-022-01272-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Higher COVID-19 incidence and morbidity have been documented for US Black and Hispanic populations but not as clearly for other racial and ethnic groups. Efforts to elucidate the mechanisms underlying racial health disparities can be confounded by the relationship between race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. OBJECTIVE Examine race/ethnicity and social vulnerability effects on COVID-19 outcomes in the San Francisco Bay Area, an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse region, using geocoded patient records from 2020 in the University of California, San Francisco Health system. KEY RESULTS Higher social vulnerability, but not race/ethnicity, was associated with less frequent testing yet a higher likelihood of testing positive. Asian hospitalization rates (11.5%) were double that of White patients (5.4%) and exceeded the rates for Black (9.3%) and Hispanic patients (6.9%). A modest relationship between higher hospitalization rates and increasing social vulnerability was evident only for White patients. Hispanic patients had the highest years of expected life lost due to COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS COVID-19 outcomes were not consistently explained by greater social vulnerability. Asian individuals showed disproportionately high rates of hospitalization regardless of social vulnerability status. Study of the San Francisco Bay Area population not only provides valuable insights into the differential contributions of race/ethnicity and social determinants of health to COVID-19 outcomes but also emphasizes that all racial groups have experienced the toll of the pandemic, albeit in different ways and to varying degrees.
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- Wendy K. Tam Cho
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
- Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
- Department of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
- Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
- Department of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
- The College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
- The National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
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Murtha JA, Alagoz E, Breuer CR, Eierman L, Jawara D, Farrar-Edwards D, Voils CI, Funk LM. Impact of COVID-19 on the Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Patient Experience. Ann Surg 2023; 277:e745-e751. [PMID: 35794783 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize patient and provider perceptions of the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on weight loss following bariatric surgery. BACKGROUND COVID-19 has disrupted routines and healthcare throughout the United States, but its impact on bariatric surgery patients' postoperative experience is unknown. METHODS Semistructured interviews with bariatric surgery patients, primary care providers, and health psychologists were conducted from April to November 2020. As part of a secondary analysis, patients and providers described how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the postoperative experience within 3 domains: dietary habits, physical activity, and follow-up care. Interview guides were created from 2 conceptual models: Torain's Surgical Disparities Model and Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use. Study team members derived codes, which were grouped into themes using conventional content analysis. RESULTS Thirty-four participants were interviewed: 24 patients (12 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and 12 sleeve gastrectomy), 6 primary care providers, and 4 health psychologists. Patients were predominately female (83%) and White (79%). Providers were predominately female (90%) and White (100%). COVID-19 affected the postoperative bariatric surgery patient experience via 3 mechanisms: (1) it disrupted dietary and physical activity routines due to facility closures and fear of COVID-19 exposure; (2) it required patients to transition their follow-up care to telemedicine delivery; and (3) it increased stress due to financial and psychosocial challenges. CONCLUSIONS COVID-19 has exacerbated patient vulnerability. The pandemic is not over, thus bariatric surgery patients need ongoing support to access mental health professionals, develop new physical activity routines, and counteract increased food insecurity.
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- Jacqueline A Murtha
- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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- Collaborative Center for Health Equity, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Education, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, Madison, WI
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- Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, Madison, WI
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Orozco-Beltrán D, Merino-Torres JF, Pérez A, Cebrián-Cuenca AM, Párraga-Martínez I, Ávila-Lachica L, Rojo-Martínez G, Pomares-Gómez FJ, Álvarez-Guisasola F, Sánchez-Molla M, Gutiérrez F, Ortega FJ, Mata-Cases M, Carretero-Anibarro E, Vilaseca JM, Quesada JA. Diabetes Does Not Increase the Risk of Hospitalization Due to COVID-19 in Patients Aged 50 Years or Older in Primary Care—APHOSDIAB—COVID-19 Multicenter Study. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11082092. [PMID: 35456185 PMCID: PMC9025638 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11082092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to identify clinical, analytical, and sociodemographic variables associated with the need for hospital admission in people over 50 years infected with SARS-CoV-2 and to assess whether diabetes mellitus conditions the risk of hospitalization. A multicenter case-control study analyzing electronic medical records in patients with COVID-19 from 1 March 2020 to 30 April 2021 was conducted. We included 790 patients: 295 cases admitted to the hospital and 495 controls. Under half (n = 386, 48.8%) were women, and 8.5% were active smokers. The main comorbidities were hypertension (50.5%), dyslipidemia, obesity, and diabetes (37.5%). Multivariable logistic regression showed that hospital admission was associated with age above 65 years (OR from 2.45 to 3.89, ascending with age group); male sex (OR 2.15, 95% CI 1.47–3.15), fever (OR 4.31, 95% CI 2.87–6.47), cough (OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.28–2.80), asthenia/malaise (OR 2.04, 95% CI 1.38–3.03), dyspnea (4.69, 95% CI 3.00–7.33), confusion (OR 8.87, 95% CI 1.68–46.78), and a history of hypertension (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.08–2.41) or immunosuppression (OR 4.97, 95% CI 1.45–17.09). Diabetes was not associated with increased risk of hospital admission (OR 1.18, 95% CI 0.80–1.72; p = 0.38). Diabetes did not increase the risk of hospital admission in people over 50 years old, but advanced age, male sex, fever, cough, asthenia, dyspnea/confusion, and hypertension or immunosuppression did.
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- Domingo Orozco-Beltrán
- Health Center Cabo Huertas, Consejeria de Sanidad Univesal y Salud Pública, 03540 Alicante, Spain;
- Spanish Diabetes Society, 28002 Madrid, Spain;
- Clinical Medice Department, University Miguel Hernández, 03550 Alicante, Spain; (F.G.); (J.A.Q.)
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- Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, University of Valencia, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain;
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- Spanish Diabetes Society, 28002 Madrid, Spain;
- Medicine Department, Autonoums University of Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Network in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), 20029 Madrid, Spain
- Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Servicio Catalán de Salud, 08041 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-93-556-56-61
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- Primary Care and Prediabetes Group of the Spanish Diabetes Society, 30201 Cartagena, Spain;
- Health Center Cartagena Casco, Servicio Murciano de Salud, 30201 Cartagena, Spain
- Primary Care Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB), 30120 Murcia, Spain
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- Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFyC), 28004 Madrid, Spain; (I.P.-M.); (F.Á.-G.)
- Health Center Zone VIII, Servicio de Salud Castilla la Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain
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- Secretario GAPP-SED, Grupo DM-semFyC, 28004 Madrid, Spain;
- Consultorio de Almáchar, UGC Vélez Norte, 29718 Malaga, Spain
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- Spanish Diabetes Society, 28002 Madrid, Spain;
- Biomedical Research Network in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), 20029 Madrid, Spain
- Biomedical Research Institute (IBIMA), Endocrinology and Nutrition Clinical Management Unit, Malaga Regional University Hospital, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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- Diabetes Mellitus Plan of the Valencian Community, University Hospital San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain;
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- Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFyC), 28004 Madrid, Spain; (I.P.-M.); (F.Á.-G.)
- Health Center Ribera de Órbigo, Consejería de Salud Castilla León, 24280 León, Spain
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- Clinical Medice Department, University Miguel Hernández, 03550 Alicante, Spain; (F.G.); (J.A.Q.)
- Internal Medicine, Elche General University Hospital, 03203 Elche, Spain
- CIBER Infectious Diseases, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Health Center Campos-Lampreana, Conserjería de Salud Castilla y León, 49137 Zamora, Spain;
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- Primary Care Center La Mina, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Servicio Catalán de Salud, 08930 Barcelona, Spain;
- Group DAP-Cat, Research Support Unit, Jordi Gol University Institute for Primary Healthcare Research, CIBERDEM, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Medice Department, University Miguel Hernández, 03550 Alicante, Spain; (F.G.); (J.A.Q.)
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Long MD, Zhang X, Lewis JD, Melmed GY, Siegel CA, Cerciello E, Dobes A, Weaver A, Weisbein L, Kappelman MD. Risks of Development of COVID-19 Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Comparative Assessment of Risk Factors for Incident Infection. CROHN'S & COLITIS 360 2022; 4:otac011. [PMID: 36777042 PMCID: PMC9037404 DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otac011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be at risk for development of COVID-19 infection due to innate immune dysfunction and/or immunosuppressive medication use. Methods In a prospective cohort of adult IBD patients, we captured data on clinical risk factors and IBD medication utilization. The outcome of interest was development of patient-reported laboratory confirmed COVID-19. We calculated incidence rate and performed bivariate analyses to describe the effects of risk factors (age, immunosuppression use, obesity, and race) on development of COVID-19. We utilized logistic regression models to determine the independent risks associated with each factor. Results A total of 3953 patients with IBD were followed for a mean duration of 212 days (SD 157). A total of 103 individuals developed COVID-19 during follow-up (2.6%, rate of 45 per 1000 person-years). Severity of infection was generally mild. Clinical characteristics were similar among those who developed COVID-19 as compared to not. African American race was associated with incident COVID-19 infection (OR 3.37, 95% CI 1.18-9.59). Immunosuppression use was not associated with development of COVID-19 (OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.72-1.75), nor was age (OR 1.00, 95% CI 0.99-1.02), nor obesity (OR 1.01, 95% CI 0.61-1.66). Conclusions Immunosuppression use did not increase the risk of development of COVID-19. Therapeutic management of IBD should not be altered to prevent a risk of developing COVID-19.
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- Millie D Long
- University of North Carolina, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Address correspondence to: Millie D. Long, MD, MPH, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Campus Box #7080, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080, USA ()
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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- Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- University of North Carolina, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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