Determinants of COVID-19 disease severity in patients with underlying rheumatic disease
Santos et al.,
Determinants of COVID-19 disease severity in patients with underlying rheumatic disease,
Clinical Rheumatology, doi:10.1007/s10067-020-05301-2
Prospective study of 38 hospitalized rheumatic disease patients with COVID-19 in Spain, showing no mortality with existing HCQ use compared to 32% without, not reaching statistical significance.
This study is excluded in the after exclusion results of meta
analysis:
unadjusted results with no group details.
risk of death, 92.5% lower, RR 0.08, p = 0.19, treatment 0 of 7 (0.0%), control 10 of 31 (32.3%), NNT 3.1, relative risk is not 0 because of continuity correction due to zero events (with reciprocal of the contrasting arm).
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risk of death, 9.7% lower, RR 0.90, p = 1.00, treatment 8 of 31 (25.8%), control 2 of 7 (28.6%), NNT 36, HCQ, late treatment result.
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risk of death, 50.8% lower, RR 0.49, p = 0.65, treatment 1 of 7 (14.3%), control 9 of 31 (29.0%), NNT 6.8, CQ, late treatment result.
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Santos et al., 27 Jul 2020, prospective, Spain, peer-reviewed, median age 78.4, mean age 75.3, 6 authors, study period 1 March, 2020 - 1 June, 2020.
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Abstract: Clinical Rheumatology (2020) 39:2789–2796
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-020-05301-2
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Determinants of COVID-19 disease severity in patients
with underlying rheumatic disease
C. Sieiro Santos 1 & C. Moriano Morales 1 & E. Díez Álvarez 1 & C. Álvarez Castro 1 & A. López Robles 1 & T. Perez Sandoval 1
Received: 4 June 2020 / Revised: 14 July 2020 / Accepted: 17 July 2020 / Published online: 27 July 2020
# International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) 2020
Abstract
Background Over the month of April, Spain has become the European country with more confirmed cases of COVID-19
infection, after surpassing Italy on April 2nd. The community of Castile and León in Spain is one of the most affected by
COVID-19 infection and the province of León has a total of 3711 cases and 425 deaths so far. Rheumatic patients should be given
special attention regarding COVID-19 infection due to their immunocompromised state resulting from their underlying immune
conditions and use of targeted immune-modulating therapies. Studying epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients
with rheumatic diseases infected with SARS-CoV2 is pivotal to clarify determinants of COVID-19 disease severity in patients
with underlying rheumatic disease.
Objectives To describe epidemiological characteristics of patients with rheumatic diseases hospitalized with COVID-19 and
determine risk factors associated with mortality in a third level Hospital setting in León, Spain.
Methods We performed a prospective observational study, from 1st March 2020 until the 1st of June including adults with
rheumatic diseases hospitalized with COVID-19 and performed a univariate and multivariate logistic regression model to
estimate ORs and 95% CIs of mortality. Age, sex, comorbidities, rheumatic disease diagnosis and treatment, disease activity
prior to infection, radiographic and laboratorial results at arrival were analysed.
Results During the study period, 3711 patients with COVID-19 were admitted to our hospital, of whom 38 (10%) had a
rheumatic or musculoskeletal disease. Fifty-three percent were women, with a mean age at hospital admission of 75.3 (IQR
68–83) years. The median length of stay was 11 days. A total of 10 patients died (26%) during their hospital admission. Patients
who died from COVID-19 were older (median age 78.4 IQR 74.5–83.5) than those who survived COVID-19 (median age 75.1
IQR 69.3–75.8) and more likely to have arterial hypertension (9 [90%] vs 14 [50%] patients; OR 9 (95% CI 1.0–80.8), p 0.049),
dyslipidaemia (9 (90%) vs 12 (43%); OR 12 (95% CI 1.33–108), p 0.03), diabetes ((9 (90%) vs 6 (28%) patients; OR 33, p
0.002), interstitial lung disease (6 (60%) vs 6 (21%); OR 5.5 (95% CI 1.16–26), p 0.03), cardiovascular disease (8 (80%) vs 11
(39%); OR 6.18 (95% IC 1.10–34.7, p 0.04) and a moderate/high index of rheumatic disease activity (7 (25%) vs 6(60%); OR
41.4 (4.23–405.23), p 0.04). In univariate analyses, we also found that patients who died from COVID-19 had higher
hyperinflammation markers than patients who survived: C-reactive protein (181 (IQR 120–220) vs 107.4 (IQR 30–150; p
0.05); lactate dehydrogenase (641.8 (IQR 465.75–853.5) vs 361 (IQR 250–450), p 0.03); serum ferritin (1026 (IQR 228.3–
1536.3) vs 861.3 (IQR 389–1490.5), p 0.04); D-dimer (12,019.8 (IQR 843.5–25,790.5) vs 1544.3 (IQR 619–1622), p 0.04). No
differences in sex, radiological abnormalities, rheumatological disease, background therapy or symptoms before..
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