Factors associated with Covid-19 deaths in records of 17M adult NHS patients

https://opensafely.org/press-releases/2020/05/covid-risk-factors/ …Among the 17.4 million adults in the sample, there were 5,707 deaths in hospitals attributed to COVID-19. Previously, commentators and researchers have reasonably speculated that this might be due to higher prevalence of medical problems, e.g. cardiovascular disease or diabetes among BME communities..Our study is the first to examine the full, detailed pseudonymised health records of patients who died, and 17 million adults at risk of death, to account for those other background medical factors. https://opensafely.org/press-releases/2020/05/covid-risk-factors/ …https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.06.20092999v1 …@threadreaderapp unrollSaluti, the unroll you asked for: @bengoldacre: OUR NEW PAPER. Factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death in the linked electronic health… https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1258372975004389379.html … Enjoy :) We do have the best data in the world!Hi Kamlesh, great to see you on twitter, hope to speak on this topic with you soon.