User profiles for Amir Mehrkar

Amir Mehrkar

University of Oxford
Verified email at mehrkar.com
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[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY

…, S Bacon, C Bates, CE Morton, HJ Curtis, A Mehrkar… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly affected mortality worldwide 1 . There is
unprecedented urgency to understand who is most at risk of severe outcomes, and this …

[HTML][HTML] OpenSAFELY: factors associated with COVID-19 death in 17 million patients

…, S Bacon, C Bates, CE Morton, HJ Curtis, A Mehrkar… - Nature, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Elizabeth J Williamson, # 2 Alex J Walker, # 1 Krishnan Bhaskaran, # 2 Seb Bacon, # 1
Chris Bates, # 3 Caroline E Morton, 1 Helen J Curtis, 1 Amir Mehrkar, 1 David Evans, 1 …

[HTML][HTML] HIV infection and COVID-19 death: a population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the …

…, CT Rentsch, B MacKenna, A Schultze, A Mehrkar… - The lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Whether HIV infection is associated with risk of death due to COVID-19 is
unclear. We aimed to investigate this association in a large-scale population-based study in …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related hospitalisation, intensive care unit admission, and death in 17 million adults in England: an …

…, S Bacon, AJ Walker, D Evans, P Inglesby, A Mehrkar… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background COVID-19 has disproportionately affected minority ethnic populations in the UK.
Our aim was to quantify ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 …

OpenSAFELY: factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death in the linked electronic health records of 17 million adult NHS patients

…, S Bacon, C Bates, CE Morton, HJ Curtis, A Mehrkar… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Establishing who is at risk from a novel rapidly arising cause of death, and why,
requires a new approach to epidemiological research with very large datasets and timely …

[HTML][HTML] Case fatality risk of the SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern B. 1.1. 7 in England, 16 November to 5 February

…, S Bacon, S Davy, AYS Wong, A Mehrkar… - …, 2021 - eurosurveillance.org
The SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant of concern (VOC) is increasing in prevalence across Europe.
Accurate estimation of disease severity associated with this VOC is critical for pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with deaths due to COVID-19 versus other causes: population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death …

…, A Schultze, CE Morton, D Grint, A Mehrkar… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Mortality from COVID-19 shows a strong relationship with age and pre-existing
medical conditions, as does mortality from other causes. We aimed to investigate how …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of COVID-19-related death among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma prescribed inhaled corticosteroids: an observational …

…, W Hulme, C Bates, HJ Curtis, A Mehrkar… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Early descriptions of patients admitted to hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic
showed a lower prevalence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD…

Risks of covid-19 hospital admission and death for people with learning disability: population based cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform

…, J Tazare, CE Morton, E Nightingale, A Mehrkar… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To assess the association between learning disability and risk of hospital admission
and death from covid-19 in England among adults and children. Design Population based …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes associated with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and immune-modifying therapies: a nationwide cohort study in …

B MacKenna, NA Kennedy, A Mehrkar… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes in people with immune-mediated
inflammatory diseases and on immune-modifying drugs might not be fully mediated by …