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2307-8960 (online) |
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Infectious Diseases |
| Manuscript Type |
Retrospective Study |
| Article Title |
COVID-19 among African Americans and Hispanics: Does gastrointestinal symptoms impact the outcome?
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| Manuscript Source |
Unsolicited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Hassan Ashktorab, Adeleye Folake, Antonio Pizuorno, Gholamreza Oskrochi, Philip Oppong-Twene, Nuri Tamanna, Maryam Mehdipour Dalivand, Lisa N Umeh, Esther S Moon, Abdoul Madjid Kone, Abigail Banson, Cassandra Federman, Edward Ramos, Eyitope Ola Awoyemi, Boubini Jones Wonni, Eric Otto, Guttu Maskalo, Alexandra Ogando Velez, Sheldon Rankine, Camelita Thrift, Chiamaka Ekwunazu, Derek Scholes, Lakshmi Gayathri Chirumamilla, Mohd Elmugtaba Ibrahim, Brianna Mitchell, Jillian Ross, Julencia Curtis, Rachel Kim, Chandler Gilliard, Joseph Mathew, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Angesum Kibreab, Edward Lee, Zaki Sherif, Babak Shokrani, Farshad Aduli and Hassan Brim |
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| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health |
G12MD007597 |
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| Corresponding Author |
Hassan Ashktorab, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division and Cancer Center, Howard University College of Medicine, 2041 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20060, United States. hashktorab@howard.edu |
| Key Words |
COVID-19; Pandemic, Gastrointestinal manifestation; Liver; African Americans; Hispanics |
| Core Tip |
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disproportionately affected African Americans and Hispanics. Understanding the transmission dynamics, a different array of symptoms and the impact of the presence of other chronic diseases in minority patients can provide important hints about the progression of the pandemic and treatment options, especially in areas where access to equal health services is limited, unequal and challenging for underserved populations is broad. This study presents the findings of a comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 patients in a Washington DC tertiary hospital that caters primarily to minority populations. The main objective of this study was to define major effectors of outcome in this patient population. We sought to determine clinical and gastrointestinal (GI) factors associated with differences in outcomes. Special emphasis was made on GI symptoms, laboratory values and comorbidities. |
| Publish Date |
2021-09-28 10:00 |
| Citation |
Ashktorab H, Folake A, Pizuorno A, Oskrochi G, Oppong-Twene P, Tamanna N, Mehdipour Dalivand M, Umeh LN, Moon ES, Kone AM, Banson A, Federman C, Ramos E, Awoyemi EO, Wonni BJ, Otto E, Maskalo G, Velez AO, Rankine S, Thrift C, Ekwunazu C, Scholes D, Chirumamilla LG, Ibrahim ME, Mitchell B, Ross J, Curtis J, Kim R, Gilliard C, Mathew J, Laiyemo A, Kibreab A, Lee E, Sherif Z, Shokrani B, Aduli F, brim H. COVID-19 among African Americans and Hispanics: Does gastrointestinal symptoms impact the outcome? World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(28): 8374-8387 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v9/i28/8374.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i28.8374 |
