posted on 2020-06-03, 10:35authored byY Chudasama, C Gillies, K Appiah, F Zaccardi, C Razieh, M Davies, T Yates, K Khunti
<p>Evidence to date has focused on assessing the individual prevalence and impact of comorbidities in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19).[1]We aimed to investigate the pattern of the most prevalent combinations of multimorbidity(i.e. presence of two or more pre-existing chronic diseases) in those infected with SARS-CoV-2.</p>
Funding
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands (ARC-EM). Data was analysed using UK Biobank application number 36371.