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. 2020 Jul 31;9(5):430–431. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.07.010

Table 1.

Proportion of subjects with increased risk for COVID-19 severity.

Group n Proportion of subjects with high number of risk alleles (%)
Russian cohorts
 Russian long-distance athletes 90 48.9
 Russian middle-distance athletes 126 58.7*
 Russian combat athletes 96 59.4*
 Russian power athletes 228 61.0*
 Russian team sport players 262 63.0*
 Russian controls 224 47.3
Other populations
 Americans (African ancestry) 61 68.9
 Americans (European ancestry) 99 59.6
 Bangladesh 86 59.3
 Barbados 96 82.3
 British 91 53.8
 Chinese 301 28.6
 Colombian 94 54.3
 Finnish 99 60.6
 Gambian 113 80.5
 Indian 205 56.6
 Italian 107 71.0
 Japanese 104 41.3
 Kenyan 99 81.8
 Mexican 64 45.3
 Nigerian 207 82.1
 Pakistani 96 56.3
 Peruvian 85 52.9
 Puerto Rican 104 53.8
 Sierra Leone 85 89.4
 Spanish 107 59.8
 Sri Lankan 102 51.0
 Vietnamese 99 38.4

p <0.05, statistically significant differences between Russian athletes and controls.

Abbreviation: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease-2019.