Desalegn Shiferaw, Bikila Regassa Feyisa, Bayise Biru, Mubarek Yesse
Antenatal care component utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: Multilevel analysis of Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health survey 2019
PloS one
covid19 disproportionately affected racialized populations particular impact among individuals black individuals however unclear whether disparities venous thromboembolic vte complications exist black individuals belonging racial groups confirmed sarscov2 infections summarize prevalence moderators associated vte among black covid19 patients minoritized settings compare white asian covid19 patients according sex age comorbid health conditions heart failure cancer obesity hypertension systematic search medline embase cinahl central articles reports published inception february 15 2023 reports vte among black individuals infected sarscov2 countries black people considered minority population group study characteristics results eligible studies independently extracted 2 pairs reviewers vte prevalence extracted risk bias assessed prevalence estimates vte prevalence among black individuals covid19 study pooled studies provided racestratified vte prevalence among covid19 patients odds ratios generated using randomeffects model prevalence vte comprising deep vein thrombosis pulmonary embolism ten studies 66185 black individuals reporting prevalence covid19 associated vte included weighted median age included studies 4760 pooled prevalence covid19 associated vte 72 95 ci 38 115 among black individuals among individuals sarscov2 infections black population higher risks vte compared white 179 95 ci 128253 p 001 asian 201 95 ci 114360 p 017 counterparts patients racial identities 201 95 ci 139 292 p 001 black individuals covid19 substantially higher risk vte compared white asian individuals given racial disparities thrombotic disease burden related covid19 medical education research health policy interventions direly needed ensure adequate disease awareness among black individuals facilitate appropriate diagnosis treatment among black patients suspected confirmed vte advocate culturally safe vte prevention strategies including preexisting inequalities covid19 pandemic persist crisis