2024
Racial, ethnic and sex disparity in acute heart failure patients with COVID-19: A nationwide analysis
Hashem A, Khalouf A, Mohamed M, Nayfeh T, Elkhapery A, Zahid S, Altibi A, Thyagaturu H, Kashou A, Anavekar N, Gulati M, Balla S. Racial, ethnic and sex disparity in acute heart failure patients with COVID-19: A nationwide analysis. Heliyon 2024, 10: e34513. PMID: 39157311, PMCID: PMC11327804, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute heart failureImpact of raceNational Inpatient SampleCOVID-19 infectionWhite malesHispanic malesDiagnosis of acute heart failureOutcomes of acute heart failureOdds of cardiac arrestAcute heart failure patientsCOVID-19Sex disparitiesWhite femalesOdds of in-hospital mortalityEthnicityRaceDisparitiesMultivariate logistic regression modelIn-hospital mortalityIn-hospital outcomesHeart failure patientsLogistic regression modelsHispanic ethnicityHeart failureCardiac arrest
2021
Characteristics and comparative clinical outcomes of prisoner versus non-prisoner populations hospitalized with COVID-19
Altibi A, Pallavi B, Liaqat H, Slota A, Sheth R, Al Jebbawi L, George M, LeDuc A, Abdallah E, Russell L, Jain S, Shirvanian N, Masri A, Kak V. Characteristics and comparative clinical outcomes of prisoner versus non-prisoner populations hospitalized with COVID-19. Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 6488. PMID: 33753786, PMCID: PMC7985211, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85916-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrisoner statusNon-prisonersOutcomes of prisonersNon-prison populationIn-hospital mortalityIntensive care unitCOVID-19 patientsIncarcerated individualsClinical outcomesHospitalized prisonersPrisonPrimary outcomeCohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patientsCompare clinical outcomesElevated inflammatory markersHospitalized COVID-19 patientsRates of ICU admissionSevere clinical presentationCox regression modelsAssociated with more severe clinical presentationIn-hospital deathAssociated with higher in-hospital deathMultivariate logistic regressionHigher in-hospital deathCOVID-19