ArticleDiabetes & metabolic syndrome
Macrolevel association of COVID-19 with non-communicable disease risk factors in India.
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- Association of greenness with COVID-19 deaths in India: An ecological study at district level.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Changes in dietary markers during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil.Revista de saude publica · 2023Article
- Factors associated with differential COVID-19 mortality rates in the SEAR nations: a narrative review.IJID regions · 2022Review
- Educational status and COVID-19 related outcomes in India: hospital-based cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Characterizing COVID-19 waves in urban and rural districts of India.npj urban sustainability · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in COVID-19: A hospital-based study in India.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Factors associated with mortality from COVID 19: Indian perspective.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
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aimsGreater COVID-19 related mortality has been reported among persons with various non-communicable diseases (NCDs). We performed an ecological study to determine the association of state-level cases and deaths with NCD risk factors and healthcare and social indices.
methodsWe obtained cumulative national and state-level data on COVID-19 cases and deaths from publicly available database www.covid19india.org from February to end November 2020. To identify association with major NCD risk factors, NCDs, healthcare related and social variables we obtained data from public sources. Association was determined using univariate and multivariate statistics.
resultsMore than 9.5 million COVID-19 cases and 135,000 deaths have been reported in India towards end of November 2020. There is significant positive correlation (Pearson r) of state-level COVID-19 cases and deaths per million, respectively, with NCD risk factors- obesity (0.64, 0.52), hypertension (0.28, 0.16), diabetes (0.66, 0.46), NCD epidemiological transition index (0.58, 0.54) and ischemic heart disease mortality (0.22, 0.33). Correlation is also observed with indices of healthcare access and quality (0.71, 0.61), urbanization (0.75, 0.73) and human (0.61, 0.56) and sociodemographic (0.70, 0.69) development. Multivariate adjusted analyses shows strong correlation of COVID-19 burden and deaths with NCD risk factors (r
conclusionsCOVID-19 disease burden and mortality in India is ecologically associated with greater state-level burden of NCDs and risk factors, especially obesity and diabetes.
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