Lifestyle risk factors and infectious disease mortality, including COVID-19, among middle aged and older adults: Evidence from a community-based cohort study in the …

MN Ahmadi, BH Huang, E Inan-Eroglu, M Hamer… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this community-based cohort study, we investigated the relationship between
combinations of modifiable lifestyle risk factors and infectious disease mortality. Participants …

Lifestyle risk factors, inflammatory mechanisms, and COVID-19 hospitalization: A community-based cohort study of 387,109 adults in UK

M Hamer, M Kivimäki, CR Gale, GD Batty - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2020 - Elsevier
We conducted the first large-scale general population study on lifestyle risk factors (smoking,
physical inactivity, obesity, and excessive alcohol intake) for COVID-19 using prospective …

The association between a lifestyle score, socioeconomic status, and COVID-19 outcomes within the UK Biobank cohort

HME Foster, FK Ho, FS Mair, BD Jani, N Sattar… - BMC infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) impacts disadvantaged
groups most. Lifestyle factors are also associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes. To …

The impact of long-term conditions and comorbidity patterns on COVID-19 infection and hospitalisation: a cohort study

YT Huang, A Steptoe, RS Patel, E Fuller Thomson… - Gerontology, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: Older adults are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infections; however, little is
known about which comorbidity patterns are related to a higher risk of COVID-19 infection …

Lifestyle changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands

ET Van der Werf, M Busch, MC Jong, HJR Hoenders - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background During the Covid-19 pandemic the Dutch government implemented its
so-called 'intelligent lockdown'in which people were urged to leave their homes as little as …

Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for COVID-19, and comparison to risk factors for influenza and pneumonia: results from a UK Biobank prospective cohort …

FK Ho, CA Celis-Morales, SR Gray, SV Katikireddi… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We aimed to investigate demographic, lifestyle, socioeconomic and clinical risk
factors for COVID-19, and compared them to risk factors for pneumonia and influenza in UK …

Worldwide association of lifestyle-related factors and COVID-19 mortality

J Wang, T Sato, A Sakuraba - Annals of medicine, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Several lifestyle-related factors, such as obesity and diabetes, have been
identified as risk factors for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality. The objective of …

The age-related risk of severe outcomes due to COVID-19 infection: a rapid review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression

K Romero Starke, G Petereit-Haack… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Increased age appears to be a strong risk factor for COVID-19 severe outcomes. However,
studies do not sufficiently consider the age-dependency of other important factors …

Effect modification of the association between comorbidities and severe course of COVID-19 disease by age of study participants: a systematic review and meta …

NV Fernández Villalobos, JJ Ott, CJ Klett-Tammen… - Systematic reviews, 2021 - Springer
Background Comprehensive evidence synthesis on the associations between comorbidities
and behavioural factors with hospitalisation, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and death …

Health behaviours the month prior to COVID-19 infection and the development of self-reported long COVID and specific long COVID symptoms: a longitudinal analysis …

E Paul, D Fancourt - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Demographic and infection-related characteristics have been identified as risk
factors for long COVID, but research on the influence of health behaviours (eg, exercise …