Nora's Blog. New Evidence on Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19 Susceptibility
Nora's Blog. New Evidence on Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19 Susceptibility
(…) Two weeks ago in Molecular Psychiatry, my collaborators QuanQiu Wang, Rong Xu (both at Case Western Reserve University), David C Kaelber (The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH), and I published an analysis of electronic health record data from more than 73 million patients at 360 U.S. hospitals, of whom 7.5 million (10.3% of the sample) had an SUD and 12,030 had COVID-19. It was clear from our analysis that people with SUDs are indeed at higher risk of contracting and suffering worse consequences from COVID-19. This was especially true for African Americans. (National Institutes of Health – NIDA, Nora Volkow, 05.10.2020)
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