2020
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240394
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Non-communicable diseases and inequalities increase risk of death among COVID-19 patients in Mexico

Abstract: Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic compounds Mexico's pre-existing challenges: very high levels of both non-communicable diseases (NCD) and social inequity. Methods and findings Using data from national reporting of SARS-CoV-2 tested individuals, we estimated odds of hospitalization, intubation, and death based on pre-existing non-communicable diseases and socioeconomic indicators. We found that obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are positively associated with the three outcomes in a synergistic manner. The m… Show more

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“…Our findings revealed that hospitalizing and hospitalization in ICU increased the odds of death among all patients. In line with our results, a study from Mexico reported that hospitalization (OR = 5.02) and hospitalization in ICU (OR = 1.79) were associated with death [ 26 ]. This could happen due to the condition of patients at admission time.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Our findings revealed that hospitalizing and hospitalization in ICU increased the odds of death among all patients. In line with our results, a study from Mexico reported that hospitalization (OR = 5.02) and hospitalization in ICU (OR = 1.79) were associated with death [ 26 ]. This could happen due to the condition of patients at admission time.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the people who need treatment for diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc. haven’t been receiving the health services and medicines of full value they need; SDG target 3.4 on non-communicable diseases (by 2030, reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases) is off track (Ghebreyesus 2020 ; World Health Organization 2020a ; Gutierrez and Bertozzi 2020 ). Also, people living with non-communicable diseases are more vulnerable to becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19 (World Health Organization 2020a ).…”
Section: Modeling Of Smart and Healthy Citymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These factors are further complicated by the high prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases in all age groups in the Mexican population, which have been shown to worsen adverse outcomes attributable to COVID-19 (21)(22)(23). Despite the high burden of COVID-19 in Latin America and Mexico in particular, and early predictions of the effect that social inequality would have on the development of the pandemic, research on COVID-19 and social inequality has been comparatively scarce (24,25). We thus aimed to assess the impact of social inequalities on the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%