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Social and clinical risk factors associated with hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brussels’s deprived and multiethnic areas

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  • Judith Racape
  • Anne-Cecile Noel
  • Jerome Lurel
  • Nicolas Dauby
  • Yves Coppieters
  • Jean-Christophe Goffard
  • Andrea Rea

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Background: In Belgium, the Brussels-Capital region was severely affected by the COVID-19 epidemic. Various hypotheses were mentioned in order to explain Brussels’ excess disease spreading and mortality rate, but socioeconomic risk factors are increasingly recognized. This study’s objective was to analyze clinical and social profiles of patients hospitalized for COVID-19, by nationality groups, in two hospitals located in Brussels’s deprived and multiethnic areas. Methods: Data covered hospitalized COVID-19 patients from two Brussels hospitals (n = 787) between the 1st of March 2020 and the 31st of June 2020. Social data was collected using hospital records, and clinical data was extracted from hospitals’ COVID-19 databases. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds ratios (OR) of the association between two outcomes (Intensive Care Unit admission and mortality) and risk factors (social and clinical). Results: Patients from Sub-Saharan Africa were younger, had a higher prevalence of obesity, lacked health insurance, and had the highest proportion of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission (27.7%) but the lowest mortality rates than other nationality groups. Patients from North Africa had a higher prevalence of diabetes compared to other nationality groups and a high proportion of European patients came from nursing homes. Patients deprived of health insurance had a higher risk of ICU admission compared to those who had insurance (OR IC95%; 1,9 1.1–3.6, p = 0.03). Other risk factors as sex and obesity were significantly associated to ICU admission and, age and hypertension were significantly associated to mortality. Conclusion: Social and clinical profile of the patients differs between the nationality groups, and some risk factors for Intensive Care Unit admission and mortality were linked to more patients’ precarious situation as the availability of health insurance. This study underlines the role of selected social health determinants and the importance of routinely collecting social along with clinical data.

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  • Judith Racape & Anne-Cecile Noel & Jerome Lurel & Nicolas Dauby & Yves Coppieters & Jean-Christophe Goffard & Andrea Rea, 2023. "Social and clinical risk factors associated with hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brussels’s deprived and multiethnic areas," PLOS Global Public Health, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(7), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pgph00:0002039
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002039
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