2022
Describing the population experiencing COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough following second vaccination in England: a cohort study from OpenSAFELY
Green A, Curtis H, Hulme W, Williamson E, McDonald H, Bhaskaran K, Rentsch C, Schultze A, MacKenna B, Mahalingasivam V, Tomlinson L, Walker A, Fisher L, Massey J, Andrews C, Hopcroft L, Morton C, Croker R, Morley J, Mehrkar A, Bacon S, Evans D, Inglesby P, Hickman G, Ward T, Davy S, Mathur R, Tazare J, Eggo R, Wing K, Wong A, Forbes H, Bates C, Cockburn J, Parry J, Hester F, Harper S, Douglas I, Evans S, Smeeth L, Goldacre B. Describing the population experiencing COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough following second vaccination in England: a cohort study from OpenSAFELY. BMC Medicine 2022, 20: 243. PMID: 35791013, PMCID: PMC9255436, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02422-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive SARS-CoV-2 testSARS-CoV-2 testBreakthrough COVID-19Vaccine breakthroughBreakthrough casesCohort studyIncidence rateCOVID-19COVID-19-related hospital admissionsCOVID-19-related deathsVaccine breakthrough casesRetrospective cohort studyChronic kidney diseaseCritical care admissionSARS-CoV-2 variantsDeath registry dataCorresponding incidence ratesRoutine clinical dataHigh rateMedian followVaccine waningCare admissionHospital admissionSecond vaccinationSecondary care
2021
Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related hospitalisation, intensive care unit admission, and death in 17 million adults in England: an observational cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform
Mathur R, Rentsch C, Morton C, Hulme W, Schultze A, MacKenna B, Eggo R, Bhaskaran K, Wong A, Williamson E, Forbes H, Wing K, McDonald H, Bates C, Bacon S, Walker A, Evans D, Inglesby P, Mehrkar A, Curtis H, DeVito N, Croker R, Drysdale H, Cockburn J, Parry J, Hester F, Harper S, Douglas I, Tomlinson L, Evans S, Grieve R, Harrison D, Rowan K, Khunti K, Chaturvedi N, Smeeth L, Goldacre B, Collaborative O. Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related hospitalisation, intensive care unit admission, and death in 17 million adults in England: an observational cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform. The Lancet 2021, 397: 1711-1724. PMID: 33939953, PMCID: PMC8087292, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00634-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionIntensive care unit admissionCOVID-19-related hospitalisationCare unit admissionObservational cohort studyCOVID-19 outcomesOutcomes of interestSouth Asian groupsOpenSAFELY platformICU admissionUnit admissionCohort studyEthnicity groupsMixed ethnicity groupCOVID-19-related hospital admissionsCOVID-19-related ICU admissionEthnic differencesAdverse COVID-19 outcomesMinority ethnic populationsSARS-CoV-2 testingMultivariable Cox regressionRisk of hospitalisationWhite groupPrimary care recordsPrimary care data