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Home / Our research / Determinants of health and inequalities research / Autism / COVID-19 in autistic people

COVID-19 in autistic people

Background

Increasing evidence suggests that autistic people may be at more risk of COVID-19 infection, severity and mortality than the general population. Whilst a few studies have investigated COVID-19 in autistic people, large-scale research is needed for more informative outcomes on risk and risk factors. Our aim was to investigate COVID-19 outcomes and risk factors in autistic people using a whole country population.

What we did

Using data from the British Heart Foundation COVID consortium, spanning the whole population of England, we investigated the prevalence of COVID-19 outcomes of infection, severity and mortality in autistic people and the role of risk factors, such as long-term health conditions, multimorbidity, and use of multiple medicines on COVID-19 outcomes.

What we found

We are currently in the process of analysing the data. We will update this webpage once results are finalised.

For further information about this research, please contact Dewy Nijhof.

Page updated 24 August 2022