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Health Disparities & Lifestyle in Covid-19 escalation

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0

  • Funder

    NWO Netherlands

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof dr JO Mierau

  • Research Location

    Netherlands

  • Lead Research Institution

    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease transmission dynamics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Data from intensive care units suggest that the share of overweight patients in the IC is larger than the share of overweight individuals in general. Lifestyle, and health in general, is socially patterned with obesity and other detrimental lifestyle factors (e.g. smoking) being particularly prevalent among individuals with lower socioeconomic status. In this study we use data that are currently being collected in a (bi-)weekly survey to obtain an understanding of lifestyle and socioeconomic determinants of COVID-19 prevalence and escalation.