在密歇根州东南部居住的阿拉伯美国人中,SARS-CoV-2感染的差异
Elkhansa Sidahmed1,2, Ramin Homayouni3,4, Karen Childers5
1Corewell Health East, Beaumont Research Institute, Royal Oak, MI, USA. elkhansa.sidahmed@corewellhealth.org.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
|February 24, 2025
概括
与高加索 (CA) 个人相比,阿拉伯美国人 (ArA) 在大流行期间面临着明显更高的COVID-19感染风险. 需要进一步的研究来了解和减轻感染风险中的这些差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 美国的少数群体受到COVID-19的不成比例影响.
- 有限的研究存在于COVID-19对阿拉伯美国 (ArA) 人口的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查阿拉伯美国人 (ArA) 和高加索人 (CA) 人口之间的COVID-19结果的潜在差异.
- 分析ARA和CA组之间的感染率,住院,死亡率和再接收率.
主要方法:
- 对110,896名成年患者进行了针对SARS-CoV-2进行测试的回顾性研究.
- 从密歇根州东南部的八个急诊室收集的数据 (2020年3月 - 2022年7月).
- 考虑到人口统计和并发症的统一和调整分析.
主要成果:
- 与CA相比,ArA的SARS-CoV-2阳性测试几率是CA的2.16倍.
- 与CA相比,ArA的住院几率明显较低 (OR为0.69).
- 经过调整后的分析证实ArA的感染率更高 (aOR 2.10),其他结局没有显著差异.
结论:
- 阿拉伯美国人经历了明显更高的COVID-19感染风险.
- 调查结果强调,需要进一步研究助长RA的因素和降低RA风险的策略.
- 了解和解决这些差异对于未来的流行病准备至关重要.
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