Routine measurement of cardiometabolic disease risk factors in primary care in England before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study
There was a substantial reduction in routine measurements of cardiometabolic risk factors following the COVID-19 pandemic, with variable recovery. The implications for missed diagnoses, worse prognosis, and health inequality are a concern.
Authors
- Julian Halcox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6926-2947)
- Kazem Rahimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4807-4610)
- Jonathan Valabhji
- Paul I. Welsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643)
- Benjamin Bray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8983-7530)
- Caroline Dale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3889-8974)
- Christopher Tomlinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-5395)
- Christian Delles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2238-2612)
- Shinya Nakada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8711-8420)
- Reecha Sofat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0242-6115)
- Jill P. Pell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035)
- Daniel Mackay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098)
- Mehrdad A. Mizani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2441-895X)
- Mark J. Ashworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-9904)
- Steffen Erhard Petersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-5160)
- Naveed A. Sattar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593)
- Cathie Sudlow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7725-7520)
- Thomas Bolton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-7975)
- Frederick K. Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025)
- Ewan R. Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9237-8585)
- Mamas Mamas
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- University of Dundee (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- Swansea University (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Health Data Research UK (GB)
- William Harvey Research Institute (GB)
- Genomics (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Keele University (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004485
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57
Funders
- Abbott Laboratories
- Amgen
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Pfizer
- AstraZeneca
- Sanofi
- Government of the United Kingdom
- British Heart Foundation
- Novo Nordisk
- Medical Research Council