Amele, SarahKibuchi, EliudMcCabe, RonanDemou, EvangeliaLeyland, Alastair HHainey, KirstenRudan, IgorKurdi, AmanjSimpson, Colin RRitchie, Lewis DMcCowan, ColinShi, TingIrizar, PatriciaBecares, LaiaSheikh, AzizPearce, AnnaKatikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal2025-12-092025-08-01Amele, S, Kibuchi, E, McCabe, R, Demou, E, Leyland, A H, Hainey, K, Rudan, I, Kurdi, A, Simpson, C R, Ritchie, L D, McCowan, C, Shi, T, Irizar, P, Becares, L, Sheikh, A, Pearce, A & Katikireddi, S V 2025, 'Investigating the contribution of socio-economic position to ethnic inequalities in severe COVID-19 outcomes : population-based mediation analyses of national linked Scottish data', European Journal of Public Health, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 788-794. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf0781101-1262PubMedCentral: PMC12311338https://hdl.handle.net/2164/26516S.V.K. and A.P. conceived the idea for the study. E.K. drafted the analysis plan. S.A. and E.K. conducted the analysis and drafted the article. R.M., S.A., and E.K. conducted data management. R.M., E.D., A.H.L., K.H., I.R., A.K., C.R.S., L.D.R., C.M., T.S., P.I., L.B., A.S., A.P., and S.V.K. contributed to the critical revision of the manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript. The corresponding author attests that all listed authors meet authorship criteria and that no others meeting the criteria have been omitted.71139788engAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultCOVID-19/ethnologyEthnicity/statistics & numerical dataHealth Status DisparitiesHospitalization/statistics & numerical dataSARS-CoV-2Scotland/epidemiologySocial ClassSocioeconomic FactorsRA Public aspects of medicineSupplementary DataDASRAJournal article10.1093/eurpub/ckaf078