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Results: COVID-19 risk, disparities and outcomes in patients with chronic liver disease in the United States

  • Patients with the highest odds for getting COVID-19 were those with chronic non alcoholic liver disease and non alcoholic cirrhosis followed by chronic Hep C, alcoholic liver damage, alcoholic cirrhosis and finally chronic Hep B
  • Hospitalization rate for 16,530 adult COVID patients was 24.3% higher for African Americans than Caucasians
  • Of 390 people with COVID-19 and a recent CLD encounter, 41.0% were hospitalized and 10.3% died
  • There was a higher death and hospitalization rate in African Americans in comparison to Caucasians and in those with CLD and COVID-19 in comparison to those without CLD
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Updated 2020-12-29

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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Biomedical Sciences