id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-326969-4f9djufi Stein, Richard A. When Public Health Crises Collide: Social Disparities and COVID‐19 2020-05-14 .txt text/plain 1832 101 44 What makes these observations remarkable is that hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, which are risk factors for more severe or fatal COVID-19 [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] , are exactly the chronic conditions that have long been recognized as disproportionately affecting racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disfavored individuals and groups [14] . Racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities also shape inequities in the access to mental health care [49] [50] [51] [52] . Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities are conducive to the development of chronic medical conditions that could increase the risk of severe COVID-19, widening the disparities and accentuating the chronic disease burden and, as a result, further marginalizing already vulnerable individuals and groups. The obesity epidemic in the United States--gender, age, socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and geographic characteristics: a systematic review and metaregression analysis Racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes complications in the northeastern United States: the role of socioeconomic status ./cache/cord-326969-4f9djufi.txt ./txt/cord-326969-4f9djufi.txt