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    Emerg Infect Dis


    . 2020 Jul 3;26(9).
    doi: 10.3201/eid2609.202117. Online ahead of print.
    Updated Estimates of Chronic Conditions Affecting Risk for Complications From Coronavirus Disease, United States

    Mary L Adams, David L Katz, Joseph Grandpre

    Abstract

    We updated estimates of adults at risk for coronavirus disease complications on the basis of data for China by using recent US hospitalization data. This update to our previous publication substitutes obesity for cancer as an underlying condition and increases adults reporting any of the conditions from 45.4% to 56.0%.

    Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; United States; chronic conditions; complications; coronavirus disease; infection; population-based estimates; respiratory infections; risk factors; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.

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