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. 2020 Oct 26;1(2):e69–e79. doi: 10.1016/S2666-7568(20)30013-1

Table 2.

Risk of COVID-19 among individuals with pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders by different characteristics, compared with that of individuals without such conditions

All COVID-19
Inpatient COVID-19
COVID-19-related deaths
Individuals with pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders Individuals without pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders OR (95% CI) pinteraction Individuals with pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders Individuals without pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders OR (95% CI) pinteraction Individuals with pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders Individuals without pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders OR (95% CI) pinteraction
By age, years <0·0001 <0·0001 0·011
≤64 96/17 760 (0·5%) 603/129 548 (0·5%) 0·93 (0·73–1·17) 68/17 760 (0·4%) 338/129 548 (0·3%) 1·10 (0·82–1·47) 13/17 760 (0·1%) 19/129 548 (0·01%) 2·27 (0·96–5·33)
65–72 125/15 278 (0·8%) 292/112 637 (0·3%) 1·83 (1·44–2·34) 104/15 278 (0·7%) 208/112 637 (0·2%) 1·96 (1·49–2·59) 34/15 278 (0·2%) 41/112 637 (0·04%) 3·07 (1·80–5·25)
≥73 221/17 771 (1·2%) 614/128 020 (0·5%) 1·74 (1·46–2·06) 166/17 771 (0·9%) 466/128 020 (0·4%) 1·64 (1·35–2·00) 73/17 771 (0·4%) 196/128 020 (0·2%) 1·69 (1·25–2·28)
By sex 0·25 0·73 0·52
Men 244/22 016 (1·1%) 787/166 846 (0·5%) 1·58 (1·34–1·86) 193/22 016 (0·9%) 566/166 846 (0·3%) 1·61 (1·34–1·94) 74/22 016 (0·3%) 167/166 846 (0·1%) 1·99 (1·46–2·72)
Women 198/28 793 (0·7%) 722/203 359 (0·4%) 1·30 (1·09–1·55) 145/28 793 (0·5%) 446/203 359 (0·2%) 1·47 (1·19–1·82) 46/28 793 (0·2%) 89/203 359 (0·04%) 2·14 (1·43–3·20)
By race or ethnicity 0·53 0·93 0·90
White 408/47 670 (0·9%) 1288/346 013 (0·4%) 1·54 (1·36–1·74) 307/47 670 (0·6%) 856/346 013 (0·3%) 1·64 (1·41–1·90) 108/47 670 (0·2%) 225/346 013 (0·1%) 2·06 (1·59–2·68)
Black 17/839 (2·0%) 81/6797 (1·2%) 1·27 (0·70–2·29) 16/839 (1·9%) 57/6797 (0·8%) 1·69 (0·90–3·17) 6/839 (0·7%) 17/6797 (0·3%) 1·92 (0·67–5·49)
Others 12/1884 (0·6%) 129/15 423 (0·8%) 0·48 (0·25–0·91) 11/1884 (0·6%) 92/15 423 (0·6%) 0·59 (0·30–1·17) 5/1884 (0·3%) 10/15 423 (0·1%) 2·91 (0·85–9·92)
By Townsend deprivation score 0·079 0·18 0·46
Low 84/12 793 (0·7%) 394/127 548 (0·3%) 1·60 (1·24–2·06) 64/12 793 (0·5%) 250/127 548 (0·2%) 1·88 (1·39–2·53) 24/12 793 (0·2%) 63/127 548 (0·1%) 2·23 (1·33–3·75)
Middle 121/14 884 (0·8%) 467/125 417 (0·4%) 1·54 (1·23–1·92) 84/14 884 (0·6%) 316/125 417 (0·3%) 1·51 (1·16–1·98) 28/14 884 (0·2%) 79/125 417 (0·1%) 1·89 (1·17–3·07)
High 237/23 132 (1·0%) 648/117 240 (0·6%) 1·34 (1·13–1·59) 190/23 132 (0·8%) 446/117 240 (0·4%) 1·46 (1·20–1·77) 68/23 132 (0·3%) 114/117 240 (0·1%) 2·00 (1·43–2·81)
By educational attainment 0·30 0·21 0·39
College degree 73/11 528 (0·6%) 394/123 672 (0·3%) 1·39 (1·06–1·83) 54/11 528 (0·5%) 266/123 672 (0·2%) 1·53 (1·11–2·12) 16/11 528 (0·1%) 57/123 672 (0·1%) 1·43 (0·77–2·66)
A-level 34/5052 (0·7%) 128/41 703 (0·3%) 1·68 (1·10–2·57) 28/5052 (0·6%) 78/41 703 (0·2%) 2·31 (1·42–3·74) 6/5052 (0·1%) 17/41 703 (0·04%) 2·05 (0·73–5·75)
O-level 58/10 767 (0·5%) 293/79 083 (0·4%) 1·16 (0·85–1·57) 42/10 767 (0·4%) 194/79 083 (0·3%) 1·20 (0·84–1·73) 19/10 767 (0·2%) 42/79 083 (0·1%) 2·46 (1·36–4·45)
CSE or equivalent 28/3587 (0·8%) 103/20 732 (0·5%) 1·23 (0·77–1·97) 16/3587 (0·5%) 63/20 732 (0·3%) 0·95 (0·51–1·76) 2/3587 (0·1%) 9/20 732 (0·04%) 0·69 (0·13–3·73)
NVQ or equivalent 39/3839 (1·0%) 123/23 446 (0·5%) 1·58 (1·05–2·36) 32/3839 (0·8%) 73/23 446 (0·3%) 2·07 (1·29–3·30) 6/3839 (0·2%) 18/23 446 (0·1%) 1·46 (0·51–4·20)
Other professional qualifications 32/2559 (1·3%) 94/18 843 (0·5%) 1·71 (1·09–2·68) 22/2559 (0·9%) 64/18 843 (0·3%) 1·62 (0·94–2·79) 15/2559 (0·6%) 18/18 843 (0·1%) 4·42 (2·09–9·36)
By annual household income, £ 0·30 0·25 0·58
<18 000 183/15 256 (1·2%) 347/62 957 (0·6%) 1·64 (1·34–2·01) 145/15 256 (1·0%) 245/62 957 (0·4%) 1·70 (1·35–2·16) 56/15 256 (0·4%) 86/62 957 (0·1%) 2·08 (1·42–3·03)
18 000–51 999 128/20 141 (0·6%) 634/163 736 (0·4%) 1·22 (0·99–1·50) 90/20 141 (0·5%) 409/163 736 (0·3%) 1·31 (1·02–1·69) 29/20 141 (0·1%) 90/163 736 (0·1%) 1·90 (1·20–3·01)
≥52 000 31/6298 (0·5%) 266/87 636 (0·3%) 1·26 (0·85–1·88) 20/6298 (0·3%) 170/87 636 (0·2%) 1·23 (0·75–2·01) 9/6298 (0·1%) 25/87 636 (0·03%) 2·67 (1·12–6·33)
By BMI level, kg/m2 0·68 0·41 0·46
<18·5 1/338 (0·3%) 7/1757 (0·4%) 0·41 (0·03–6·18) 1/338 (0·3%) 5/1757 (0·3%) 0·32 (0·01–7·51) 0/338 (0%) 3/1757 (0·2%) ..
18·5–24·9 108/14 046 (0·8%) 343/124 194 (0·3%) 1·75 (1·36–2·26) 81/14 046 (0·6%) 206/124 194 (0·2%) 2·04 (1·50–2·77) 27/14 046 (0·2%) 42/124 194 (0·03%) 2·41 (1·34–4·34)
25·0–29·9 160/20 274 (0·8%) 654/157 785 (0·4%) 1·41 (1·16–1·71) 120/20 274 (0·6%) 441/157 785 (0·3%) 1·49 (1·19–1·87) 42/20 274 (0·2%) 107/157 785 (0·1%) 2·04 (1·37–3·04)
≥30·0 164/15 636 (1·1%) 491/84 536 (0·6%) 1·29 (1·06–1·57) 128/15 636 (0·8%) 351/84 536 (0·4%) 1·34 (1·07–1·67) 45/15 636 (0·3%) 99/84 536 (0·1%) 1·75 (1·18–2·58)
By smoking status 0·051 0·069 0·022
Never 152/17 911 (0·9%) 776/214 971 (0·4%) 1·60 (1·33–1·93) 110/17 911 (0·6%) 490/214 971 (0·2%) 1·75 (1·41–2·19) 40/17 911 (0·2%) 100/214 971 (0·1%) 2·91 (1·97–4·30)
Ever 281/32 478 (0·9%) 719/153 182 (0·5%) 1·26 (1·08–1·46) 221/32 478 (0·7%) 512/153 182 (0·3%) 1·35 (1·14–1·61) 78/32 478 (0·2%) 152/153 182 (0·1%) 1·64 (1·22–2·20)
By the number of somatic comorbidities 0·54 0·62 0·47
0 142/26 304 (0·5%) 927/291 683 (0·3%) 1·57 (1·30–1·89) 96/26 304 (0·4%) 581/291 683 (0·2%) 1·70 (1·35–2·13) 27/26 304 (0·1%) 111/291 683 (0·04%) 2·34 (1·50–3·66)
1 119/14 923 (0·8%) 333/59 146 (0·6%) 1·37 (1·09–1·72) 94/14 923 (0·6%) 231/59 146 (0·4%) 1·56 (1·20–2·02) 31/14 923 (0·2%) 78/59 146 (0·1%) 1·81 (1·16–2·83)
2 98/6391 (1·5%) 155/14 758 (1·1%) 1·61 (1·22–2·13) 78/6391 (1·2%) 122/14 758 (0·8%) 1·55 (1·13–2·12) 33/6391 (0·5%) 38/14 758 (0·3%) 2·23 (1·34–3·71)
≥3 83/3191 (2·6%) 94/4618 (2·0%) 1·38 (0·99–1·91) 70/3191 (2·2%) 78/4618 (1·7%) 1·38 (0·96–1·98) 29/3191 (0·9%) 29/4618 (0·6%) 1·73 (0·98–3·06)
By time periods 0·46 0·47 0·85
Until March 31, 2020 111/50 809 (0·2%) 336/370 205 (0·1%) 1·57 (1·23–2·00) 107/50 809 (0·2%) 321/370 205 (0·1%) 1·59 (1·24–2·04) 39/50 809 (0·1%) 88/370 205 (0·02%) 1·92 (1·25–2·95)
April 1 to May 31, 2020 301/50 698 (0·6%) 1044/369 869 (0·3%) 1·43 (1·24–1·65) 214/50 702 (0·4%) 662/369 884 (0·2%) 1·49 (1·25–1·77) 77/50 770 (0·2%) 159/370 117 (0·04%) 2·12 (1·56–2·88)
June 1, 2020 onward 30/50 397 (0·1%) 129/368 825 (0·04%) 1·14 (0·73–1·77) 17/50 488 (0·03%) 29/369 222 (0·01%) 2·28 (1·17–4·47) 4/50 693 (0·01%) 9/369 958 (0·002%) 1·51 (0·44–5·22)

Data are n/N (%), unless otherwise specified. ORs (95% CI) were derived from logistic regression models, adjusted for birth year, sex, race or ethnicity, Townsend deprivation index, educational attainment, annual household income, BMI, smoking status, and history of chronic cardiac disease, diabetes, chronic pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, and asthma. BMI=body-mass index. CSE=Certificate of Secondary Education. NVQ=National Vocation Qualifications. OR=odds ratio.