Cause of COVID-19 ethnicity disease pattern remains unexplained

摘要

Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections in Black,Asian and Minority Ethnic(BAME) populations are not explained by socioeconomic or behavioural factors,cardiovascular disease risk,or by vitamin D status,according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London.The findings,published in the ]ournal of Public Health,suggest that the relationship between COVID-19 infection and ethnicity is complex,and requires more dedicated research to explain the factors driving these patterns.Growing international reports highlight higher risk of adverse COVID-19 infection in BAME populations.The underlying cause of this ethnicity disease pattern is not known.Variation in cardiovascular disease risk,vitamin D levels,socio-economic,and behavioural factors have been hypothesised but not formally studied in existing work.