Body weight, blood pressure, underlying conditions and even household size could be some of the key drivers, scientists say.
Admissions to ICU were more than double for all minority groups, except white, according to the researchersSouth Asian communities in England faced higher levels of COVID-19 infection, severe disease and death during the second wave than any other ethnic minority group, scientists say.
While disparities in hospital admissions and death improved for most ethnic groups between the first and the second wave ofThe research has been published in the Lancet medical journal and is based on 17 million adults in England, in what is thought to be the largest study to date.
Factors such as body weight, blood pressure, underlying conditions and even household size could be some of the key drivers affecting
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