Preexisting Comorbidities Predicting COVID-19 and Mortality in the UK Biobank Community Cohort

2020500 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Janice L. Atkins · University of Exeter

Jane Masoli · University of Exeter

João Delgado · University of Exeter

Luke C. Pilling · University of Exeter

Chia‐Ling Kuo · UConn Health

George A. Kuchel · UConn Health

David Melzer · University of Exeter

Abstract

There are specific high-risk preexisting comorbidities for COVID-19 hospitalization and related deaths in community-based older men and women. These results do not support simple age-based targeting of the older population to prevent severe COVID-19 infections.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Chronic Disease Management Strategies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Volume 75, Issue 11, pp. 2224-2230

DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glaa183

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 11.30