The impact of ethnicity on clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review
Daniel Pan 1
Shirley Sze 1
Jatinder S. Minhas
Mansoor N. Bangash
Nilesh Pareek
Pip Divall
et al.
Open AccessPublished:June 03, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100404
Abstract
Background
The relationship between ethnicity and COVID-19 is uncertain. We performed a systematic review to assess whether ethnicity has been reported in patients with COVID-19 and its relation to clinical outcomes.
Methods
We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and PROSPERO for English-language citations on ethnicity and COVID-19 (1st December 2019-15th May 2020). We also reviewed: COVID-19 articles in NEJM, Lancet, BMJ, JAMA, clinical trial protocols, grey literature, surveillance data and preprint articles on COVID-19 in MedRxiv to evaluate if the association between ethnicity and clinical outcomes were reported and what they showed. PROSPERO:180654.