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SUBMITTER: Miles A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7368630 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
European geriatric medicine 20200718 5
<h4>Purpose</h4>Our aim was to quantify the mortality from COVID-19 and identify any interactions with frailty and other demographic factors.<h4>Methods</h4>Hospitalised patients aged ≥ 70 were included, comparing COVID-19 cases with non-COVID-19 controls admitted over the same period. Frailty was prospectively measured and mortality ascertained through linkage with national and local statutory reports.<h4>Results</h4>In 217 COVID-19 cases and 160 controls, older age and South Asian ethnicity, t ...[more]