UK prevalence of underlying conditions which increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease: a point prevalence study using electronic health records
Walker JL, Grint DJ, Strongman H, Eggo RM, Peppa M, Minassian C, Mansfield KE, Rentsch CT, Douglas IJ, Mathur R, Wong AYS, Quint JK, Andrews N, Bernal JL, Scott JA, Ramsay M, Smeeth L, McDonald HI. UK prevalence of underlying conditions which increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease: a point prevalence study using electronic health records. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 484. PMID: 33706738, PMCID: PMC7948667, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10427-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere COVID-19Health conditionsElectronic health recordsHigh riskRisk populationsCOVID-19Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLDSevere COVID-19 diseaseSecondary care recordsChronic kidney diseaseHealth recordsChronic liver diseasePoint prevalence studyBinomial exact confidence intervalsOlder age groupsPublic health interventionsWorking-aged individualsCOVID-19 diseaseWorking-aged adultsUK prevalenceCurrent asthmaLiver diseaseCancer survivorsPoint prevalenceKidney disease