Abstract Background Brazil had high COVID-19 lethality/mortality with multiple social inequalities, where color/race was highly relevant, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Therefore, we hypothesize that COVID-19 hospitalized patients with a highly socially vulnerable background would have more significant in-hospital mortality. Objective To analyze the socioeconomic factors of social vulnerability and their association with COVID-19 mortality. Methods This work was a prospective study of 274 confirmed adult COVID-19 hospitalized patients in the University Hospital of Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF). The clinical […]