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Characteristics Associated With Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes in an Academic Health Care System
Gu T, Mack J, Salvatore M, Sankar S, Valley T, Singh K, Nallamothu B, Kheterpal S, Lisabeth L, Fritsche L, Mukherjee B. Characteristics Associated With Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes in an Academic Health Care System. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2025197. PMID: 33084902, PMCID: PMC7578774, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.25197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBetacoronavirusBlack or African AmericanComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHospitalizationHumansIntensive Care UnitsKidney DiseasesMaleMichiganMiddle AgedNeoplasmsObesityOdds RatioPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPopulation DensityRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2White PeopleConceptsAssociated with higher riskInternational Classification of DiseasesRisk of hospitalizationPreexisting type 2 diabetesHigher risk of hospitalizationClassification of DiseasesType 2 diabetesCOVID-19 outcomesRacial/ethnic disparitiesWhite patientsBlack patientsIntensive care unitInternational ClassificationResidential-level socioeconomic characteristicsOdds ratioStatistically significant racial differencesHigh riskAssociated with higher risk of hospitalizationNon-Hispanic blacksAssociation of risk factorsNon-Hispanic whitesMichigan Department of HealthAssociated with increased risk of hospitalizationComorbidity scoreDepartment of Health
2020
Patterns of repeated diagnostic testing for COVID‐19 in relation to patient characteristics and outcomes
Salerno S, Zhao Z, Sankar S, Salvatore M, Gu T, Fritsche L, Lee S, Lisabeth L, Valley T, Mukherjee B. Patterns of repeated diagnostic testing for COVID‐19 in relation to patient characteristics and outcomes. Journal Of Internal Medicine 2020, 289: 726-737. PMID: 33253457, PMCID: PMC7753604, DOI: 10.1111/joim.13213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with repeat testingFalse-negative rateNeighborhood poverty levelPre-existing type 2 diabetesSevere COVID-19-related outcomesDiagnostic testsPatient characteristicsPre-existing kidney diseaseBody mass indexICU-level careHealth outcomesCOVID-19-related outcomesCharacteristics of patientsCOVID-19 diagnostic testsType 2 diabetesMichigan MedicineMass indexCOVID-19Pain symptomsPatient agePoverty levelDownstream outcomesKidney diseaseRepeated testingLiver disease