Key clinical point: A study has identified at least 3 modifiable behaviors that may increase the personal risk for COVID-19.
Major finding: Higher number of nonhousehold contacts (odds ratio [OR], 1.10 per 10 contacts; P = .024), attending events having at least 10 people (OR, 1.26 per 10 events; P = .007), and visiting restaurants (OR, 1.95 per 10 visits; P less than .001) were associated with a significantly increased risk for incident COVID-19.
Study details: The data come from a prospective cohort study of 28,575 individuals across 99 countries.
Disclosures: The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to GM Marcus, J Olgin, and M Pletcher. The authors declared no competing interests.
Source: Lin A et al. BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 21. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052025 .