Open AccessSmoking and COVID-19 Infection and Related Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Analysis of UK Biobank Data
Author(s) -
Albert PratsUribe,
Junqing Xie,
Daniel PrietoAlhambra,
Irene Petersen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s300597
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , biobank , poisson regression , prospective cohort study , covid-19 , epidemiology , public health , cohort study , cohort , body mass index , population , environmental health , disease , pathology , genetics , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
Several papers have shown contradictory evidence about the relationship between smoking and COVID-19-related deaths. There is little evidence about smoking and risk of infection. We aim to examine association between smoking and COVID-19 infection and subsequent mortality.