Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 among patients in the Oxford Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre primary care network: a cross-sectional study by De Lusignan, S, Dorward, J, Correa, A, Jones, N, Ferreira, F, Hobbs, F, Et al.

“…Adults were at increased risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 compared with children, and people aged 40–64 years were at greatest risk in the multivariable model (243 [18·5%] of 1316 adults aged 40–64 years vs 23 [4·6%] of 499 children; adjusted OR 5·36, 95% CI 3·28–8·76). Compared with white people, the adjusted odds of a positive test were greater in black people (388 [15·5%] of 2497 white people vs 36 [62·1%] of 58 black people; adjusted OR 4·75, 95% CI 2·65–8·51). …”

RCGP research and surveillance centre annual report 2014-2015: disparities in presentations to primary care by De Lusignan, S, Correa, A, Pathirannehelage, S, Byford, R, Yonova, I, Elliot, AJ, Lamagni, T, Amirthalingam, G, Pebody, R, Smith, G, Jones, S, Rafi, I

“…Common cold and influenza-like illness were more likely in people from ethnic minorities than white people, while the converse was true for acute otitis media and herpes zoster. …”