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Hospitalisation and mortality risk of SARS-COV-2 variant omicron sub-lineage BA.2 compared to BA.1 in England. / Webster, H H; Nyberg, T; Sinnathamby, M A et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 13, No. 1, 6053, 13.10.2022.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Hospitalisation and mortality risk of SARS-COV-2 variant omicron sub-lineage BA.2 compared to BA.1 in England
AU - Webster, H H
AU - Nyberg, T
AU - Sinnathamby, M A
AU - Aziz, N Abdul
AU - Ferguson, N
AU - Seghezzo, G
AU - Blomquist, P B
AU - Bridgen, J
AU - Chand, M
AU - Groves, N
AU - Myers, R
AU - Hope, R
AU - Ashano, E
AU - Lopez-Bernal, J
AU - De Angelis, D
AU - Dabrera, G
AU - Presanis, A M
AU - Thelwall, S
N1 - © 2022. Crown.
PY - 2022/10/13
Y1 - 2022/10/13
N2 - The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 became the globally dominant variant in early 2022. A sub-lineage of the Omicron variant (BA.2) was identified in England in January 2022. Here, we investigated hospitalisation and mortality risks of COVID-19 cases with the Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 (n = 258,875) compared to BA.1 (n = 984,337) in a large cohort study in England. We estimated the risk of hospital attendance, hospital admission or death using multivariable stratified proportional hazards regression models. After adjustment for confounders, BA.2 cases had lower or similar risks of death (HR = 0.80, 95% CI 0.71-0.90), hospital admission (HR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.83-0.94) and any hospital attendance (HR = 0.98, 95% CI 0.95-1.01). These findings that the risk of severe outcomes following infection with BA.2 SARS-CoV-2 was slightly lower or equivalent to the BA.1 sub-lineage can inform public health strategies in countries where BA.2 is spreading.
AB - The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 became the globally dominant variant in early 2022. A sub-lineage of the Omicron variant (BA.2) was identified in England in January 2022. Here, we investigated hospitalisation and mortality risks of COVID-19 cases with the Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 (n = 258,875) compared to BA.1 (n = 984,337) in a large cohort study in England. We estimated the risk of hospital attendance, hospital admission or death using multivariable stratified proportional hazards regression models. After adjustment for confounders, BA.2 cases had lower or similar risks of death (HR = 0.80, 95% CI 0.71-0.90), hospital admission (HR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.83-0.94) and any hospital attendance (HR = 0.98, 95% CI 0.95-1.01). These findings that the risk of severe outcomes following infection with BA.2 SARS-CoV-2 was slightly lower or equivalent to the BA.1 sub-lineage can inform public health strategies in countries where BA.2 is spreading.
KW - COVID-19/epidemiology
KW - Cohort Studies
KW - Hospitalization
KW - Humans
KW - SARS-CoV-2/genetics
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-022-33740-9
DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-33740-9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36229438
VL - 13
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 6053
ER -