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Association of asthma and its genetic predisposition with the risk of severe COVID-19.

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In a large population-based cohort data, adults with asthma had a higher risk of severe COVID-19, which was driven by the increased risk among patients with non-allergic asthma.
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Summary In a large population-based cohort data, adults with asthma had a higher risk of severe COVID-19, which was driven by the increased risk among patients with non-allergic asthma.

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Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients: A review.

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Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases From the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

TL;DR: Hospitalised COVID-19 patients are frequently elderly subjects with co-morbidities receiving polypharmacy, all of which are known risk factors for d
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A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

Shane A. McCarthy, +117 more
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TL;DR: A reference panel of 64,976 human haplotypes at 39,235,157 SNPs constructed using whole-genome sequence data from 20 studies of predominantly European ancestry leads to accurate genotype imputation at minor allele frequencies as low as 0.1% and a large increase in the number of SNPs tested in association studies.
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Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1-30, 2020.

TL;DR: It is suggested that older adults have elevated rates of COVID-19-associated hospitalization and the majority of persons hospitalized with CO VID-19 have underlying medical conditions, which underscore the importance of preventive measures to protect older adults and persons with underlyingmedical conditions, as well as the general public.
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