Clinical characteristics and predictors of outcomes of hopsitalised patients with Covid-19 in a London NHS trust: a retrospective cohort study

This report is one of the first studies to describe the characteristics and predictors of outcomes for hospitalised Covid-19 patients in the UK. It finds that older age, male sex and admission hypoxia, thrombocytopenia, renal failure, hypoalbuminaemia and raised bilirubin are associated with increased odds of death. Ethnic minority groups were over-represented in the cohort and, compared to white people, people of black ethnicity may be at increased odds of mortality.
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