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cord-300338-duhyb754	Urashima, Mitsuyoshi	BCG Vaccination and Mortality of COVID-19 across 173 Countries: An Ecological Study	2020-08-03		.txt	text/plain	5672	250	44	We therefore aimed to explore whether recent BCG vaccine coverage is associated with COVID-19 morbidity and/or mortality rates, using linear regression models to explore associations between the two continuous random variables adjusted for a variety of potential confounders, such as median age and body mass index (BMI) in individual countries through this ecological study. As a result, '≥60 years of age' (p < 0.001) and 'BCG vaccine coverage' (p = 0.002) remained significant factors associated with COVID-19 mortality, even after adjustment for morbidity and PCR-tests. As a result, '≥60 years of age' (p < 0.001) and 'BCG vaccine coverage' (p = 0.002) remained significant factors associated with COVID-19 mortality, even after adjustment for morbidity and PCR-tests.	./cache/cord-300338-duhyb754.txt	./txt/cord-300338-duhyb754.txt