TY - JOUR T1 - Post-COVID-19 paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome: association of ethnicity, key worker and socioeconomic status with risk and severity JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 1218 LP - 1225 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320388 VL - 106 IS - 12 AU - Jonathan Broad AU - Julia Forman AU - James Brighouse AU - Adebola Sobande AU - Alysha McIntosh AU - Claire Watterson AU - Elizabeth Boot AU - Felicity Montgomery AU - Iona Gilmour AU - Joy Tan AU - Mary Johanna Fogarty AU - Xabier Gomez AU - Ronny Cheung AU - Jon Lillie AU - Vinay Shivamurthy AU - Jenny Handforth AU - Owen Miller A2 - , Y1 - 2021/12/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/106/12/1218.abstract N2 - Objectives Patients from ethnic minority groups and key workers are over-represented among adults hospitalised or dying from COVID-19. In this population-based retrospective cohort, we describe the association of ethnicity, socioeconomic and family key worker status with incidence and severity of Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS).Setting Evelina London Children’s Hospital (ELCH), the tertiary paediatric hospital for the South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) region.Participants 70 children with PIMS-TS admitted 14 February 2020–2 June 2020.Outcome measures Incidence and crude ORs are presented, comparing ethnicity and socioeconomic status of our cohort and the catchment population, using census data and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). Regression is used to estimate the association of ethnicity and IMD with admission duration and requirement for intensive care, inotropes and ventilation.Results Incidence was significantly higher in children from black (25.0 cases per 100 000 population), Asian (6.4/100 000) and other (17.8/100 000) ethnic groups, compared with 1.6/100 000 in white ethnic groups (ORs 15.7, 4.0 and 11.2, respectively). Incidence was higher in the three most deprived quintiles compared with the least deprived quintile (eg, 8.1/100 000 in quintile 1 vs 1.6/100 000 in quintile 5, OR 5.2). Proportions of families with key workers (50%) exceeded catchment proportions. Admission length of stay was 38% longer in children from black ethnic groups than white (95% CI 4% to 82%; median 8 days vs 6 days). 9/10 children requiring ventilation were from black ethnic groups.Conclusions Children in ethnic minority groups, living in more deprived areas and in key worker families are over-represented. Children in black ethnic groups had longer admissions; ethnicity may be associated with ventilation requirement.This project was registered with the ELCH audit and service evaluation team, ref. no 11186.Data are available on reasonable request. All data are available on reasonable request, including the primary data and the statistical analysis plans. ER -