[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY

…, HI McDonald, B MacKenna, L Tomlinson, IJ Douglas… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly affected mortality worldwide 1 . There is
unprecedented urgency to understand who is most at risk of severe outcomes, and this …

[HTML][HTML] OpenSAFELY: factors associated with COVID-19 death in 17 million patients

…, HI McDonald, B MacKenna, L Tomlinson, IJ Douglas… - Nature, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Lighter J, et al. Obesity in patients younger than 60 years is a risk factor for Covid-19
hospital admission. Clin Infect Dis. … Simons D, Shahab L, Brown J, Perski O. The …

[HTML][HTML] Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3· 6 million adults in the UK

…, I dos-Santos-Silva, DA Leon, IJ Douglas… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background BMI is known to be strongly associated with all-cause mortality, but few studies
have been large enough to reliably examine associations between BMI and a …

[HTML][HTML] HIV infection and COVID-19 death: a population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the …

…, IJ Douglas, AJ Walker, HI McDonald, J Cockburn… - The lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Whether HIV infection is associated with risk of death due to COVID-19 is
unclear. We aimed to investigate this association in a large-scale population-based study in …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related hospitalisation, intensive care unit admission, and death in 17 million adults in England: an …

…, J Cockburn, J Parry, F Hester, S Harper, IJ Douglas… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background COVID-19 has disproportionately affected minority ethnic populations in the UK.
Our aim was to quantify ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 …

OpenSAFELY: factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death in the linked electronic health records of 17 million adult NHS patients

…, HI McDonald, B MacKenna, L Tomlinson, IJ Douglas… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Establishing who is at risk from a novel rapidly arising cause of death, and why,
requires a new approach to epidemiological research with very large datasets and timely …

[HTML][HTML] Case fatality risk of the SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern B. 1.1. 7 in England, 16 November to 5 February

…, A Mehrkar, L Tomlinson, IJ Douglas… - …, 2021 - eurosurveillance.org
The SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant of concern (VOC) is increasing in prevalence across Europe.
Accurate estimation of disease severity associated with this VOC is critical for pandemic …

Early initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation for prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 mortality in patients admitted to hospital in the United States: cohort study

…, PM Ho, PA Heidenreich, DA Jacobson, IJ Douglas… - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate whether early initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation compared with
no anticoagulation was associated with decreased risk of death among patients admitted to …

Exposure to antipsychotics and risk of stroke: self controlled case series study

IJ Douglas, L Smeeth - Bmj, 2008 - bmj.com
Objectives To investigate the association between use of typical and atypical antipsychotic
drugs and incidence of stroke in patients with and without dementia. Design Self controlled …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with deaths due to COVID-19 versus other causes: population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death …

…, IJ Douglas, HI McDonald, J Cockburn… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Mortality from COVID-19 shows a strong relationship with age and pre-existing
medical conditions, as does mortality from other causes. We aimed to investigate how …