Association between household size and COVID-19: A UK Biobank observational study
Association between household size and COVID-19: A UK Biobank observational study
Objective: To assess the association between household size and risk of non-severe or severe COVID-19. Design: A longitudinal observational study. Setting: This study utilised UK Biobank linked to national SARS-CoV-2 laboratory test data. Participants: 401,910 individuals with available data on household size in UK Biobank. Main outcome measures: Household size was categorised as single occupancy, two-person households and households of three or more. Severe COVID-19 was defined as a positive SARS-CoV-2 test on hospital admission or death with COVID-19 recorded as the underlying cause; and non-severe COVID-19 as a positive test from a community setting. Logistic regression models were fitted to assess associations, adjusting for potential confounders. Results: Of 401,910 individuals, 3612 (1%) were identified as having suffered from a severe COVID-19 infection and 11,264 (2.8%) from a non-severe infection, between 16 March 2020 and 16 March 2021. Overall, the odds of severe COVID-19 was significantly higher among individuals living alone (adjusted odds ratio: 1.24 [95% confidence interval: 1.14 to 1.36], or living in a household of three or more individuals (adjusted odds ratio: 1.28 [1.17 to 1.39], when compared to individuals living in a household of two. For non-severe COVID-19 infection, individuals living in a single-occupancy household had lower odds compared to those living in a household of two (adjusted odds ratio: 0.88 [0.82 to 0.93]. Conclusions: Odds of severe or non-severe COVID-19 infection were associated with household size. Increasing understanding of why certain households are more at risk is important for limiting spread of the infection.
Infectious diseases, epidemiologic studies, housing and health, public health, social conditions and disease
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Gillies, Clare L, Rowlands, Alex V, Razieh, Cameron, Nafilyan, Vahé, Chudasama, Yogini, Islam, Nazrul, Zaccardi, Francesco, Ayoubkhani, Daniel, Lawson, Claire, Davies, Melanie J, Yates, Tom and Khunti, Kamlesh
(2022)
Association between household size and COVID-19: A UK Biobank observational study.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 115 (4), .
(doi:10.1177/01410768211073923).
Abstract
Objective: To assess the association between household size and risk of non-severe or severe COVID-19. Design: A longitudinal observational study. Setting: This study utilised UK Biobank linked to national SARS-CoV-2 laboratory test data. Participants: 401,910 individuals with available data on household size in UK Biobank. Main outcome measures: Household size was categorised as single occupancy, two-person households and households of three or more. Severe COVID-19 was defined as a positive SARS-CoV-2 test on hospital admission or death with COVID-19 recorded as the underlying cause; and non-severe COVID-19 as a positive test from a community setting. Logistic regression models were fitted to assess associations, adjusting for potential confounders. Results: Of 401,910 individuals, 3612 (1%) were identified as having suffered from a severe COVID-19 infection and 11,264 (2.8%) from a non-severe infection, between 16 March 2020 and 16 March 2021. Overall, the odds of severe COVID-19 was significantly higher among individuals living alone (adjusted odds ratio: 1.24 [95% confidence interval: 1.14 to 1.36], or living in a household of three or more individuals (adjusted odds ratio: 1.28 [1.17 to 1.39], when compared to individuals living in a household of two. For non-severe COVID-19 infection, individuals living in a single-occupancy household had lower odds compared to those living in a household of two (adjusted odds ratio: 0.88 [0.82 to 0.93]. Conclusions: Odds of severe or non-severe COVID-19 infection were associated with household size. Increasing understanding of why certain households are more at risk is important for limiting spread of the infection.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 December 2021
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Published date: 1 April 2022
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Infectious diseases, epidemiologic studies, housing and health, public health, social conditions and disease
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