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Abstract: Journal of
Clinical Medicine
Article
Incidence of COVID-19 Hospitalisation in Patients with
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Nationwide Cohort Study
from Denmark
René Cordtz 1,2, *,† , Salome Kristensen 1,3,† , Louise Plank Holm Dalgaard 1 , Rasmus Westermann 1 ,
Kirsten Duch 1,4 , Jesper Lindhardsen 5 , Christian Torp-Pedersen 6,7 and Lene Dreyer 1,2,3
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Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark; sakr@rn.dk (S.K.);
louise.dalgaard@rn.dk (L.P.H.D.); raw@rn.dk (R.W.); k.duch@rn.dk (K.D.); l.dreyer@rn.dk (L.D.)
Department of Rheumatology, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Gentofte Hospital,
2900 Hellerup, Denmark
Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
Unit of Clinical Biostatistics, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet,
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; jesper.lindhardsen@regionh.dk
Department of Cardiology, Nordsjællands Hospital, 3400 Hillerod, Denmark;
christian.torp-pedersen.01@regionh.dk
Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, 1014 Copenhagen, Denmark
Correspondence: r.cordtz@rn.dk
Shared first authorship/contributed equally.
Citation: Cordtz, R.; Kristensen, S.;
Dalgaard, L.P.H.; Westermann, R.;
Duch, K.; Lindhardsen, J.;
Torp-Pedersen, C.; Dreyer, L.
Incidence of COVID-19
Hospitalisation in Patients with
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A
Nationwide Cohort Study from
Denmark. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 3842.
https://doi.org/10.3390/
jcm10173842
Academic Editors: Christopher
Sjöwall and Ioannis Parodis
Received: 30 July 2021
Accepted: 23 August 2021
Published: 27 August 2021
Abstract: Background: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of
infections due to impaired immune functions, disease activity, and treatment. This study investigated
the impact of having SLE on the incidence of hospitalisation with COVID-19 infection. Methods:
This was a nationwide cohort study from Denmark between 1 March 2020 to 2 February 2021, based
on the linkage of several nationwide registers. The adjusted incidence of COVID-19 hospitalisation
was estimated for patients with SLE compared with the general population in Cox-regression models.
Among SLE patients, the hazard ratio (HR) for hospitalisation was analysed as nested case-control
study. Results: Sixteen of the 2533 SLE patients were hospitalised with COVID-19 infection. The
age-sex adjusted rate per 1000 person years was 6.16 (95% CI 3.76–10.08) in SLE patients, and the
corresponding hazard ratio was 2.54 (95% CI 1.55–4.16) compared with the matched general population group after adjustment for comorbidities. Among SLE patients, hydroxychloroquine treatment
was associated with a HR for hospitalisation of 0.61 (95% CI 0.19–1.88), and 1.06 (95% CI 0.3–3.72)
for glucocorticoid treatment. Conclusion: Patients with SLE were at increased risk of hospitalisation
with COVID-19.
Keywords: systemic lupus erythematosus; COVID-19; hydroxychloroquine; glucocorticoids
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