Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 among patients in the Oxford Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre primary care network: a cross-sectional study
Prof Simon de Lusignan, FRCGP
Jienchi Dorward, MBChB
Ana Correa, MPhil
Nicholas Jones, MSc
Oluwafunmi Akinyemi, PhD
Gayatri Amirthalingam, MFPH
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Open AccessPublished:May 15, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30371-6
Summary
Background
There are few primary care studies of the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to identify demographic and clinical risk factors for testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) within the Oxford Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre primary care network.
Methods
We analysed routinely collected, pseudonymised data for patients in the RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre primary care sentinel network who were tested for SARS-CoV-2 between Jan 28 and April 4, 2020. We used multivariable logistic regression models with multiple imputation to identify risk factors for positive SARS-CoV-2 tests within this surveillance network.