Authors
Milena Gianfrancesco, Kimme L Hyrich, Sarah Al-Adely, Loreto Carmona, Maria I Danila, Laure Gossec, Zara Izadi, Lindsay Jacobsohn, Patricia Katz, Saskia Lawson-Tovey, Elsa F Mateus, Stephanie Rush, Gabriela Schmajuk, Julia Simard, Anja Strangfeld, Laura Trupin, Katherine D Wysham, Suleman Bhana, Wendy Costello, Rebecca Grainger, Jonathan S Hausmann, Jean W Liew, Emily Sirotich, Paul Sufka, Zachary S Wallace, Jinoos Yazdany, Pedro M Machado, Philip C Robinson
Publication date
2020/7/1
Journal
Annals of the rheumatic diseases
Volume
79
Issue
7
Pages
859-866
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Description
Objectives
COVID-19 outcomes in people with rheumatic diseases remain poorly understood. The aim was to examine demographic and clinical factors associated with COVID-19 hospitalisation status in people with rheumatic disease.
Methods
Case series of individuals with rheumatic disease and COVID-19 from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance registry: 24 March 2020 to 20 April 2020. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate ORs and 95% CIs of hospitalisation. Age, sex, smoking status, rheumatic disease diagnosis, comorbidities and rheumatic disease medications taken immediately prior to infection were analysed.
Results
A total of 600 cases from 40 countries were included. Nearly half of the cases were hospitalised (277, 46%) and 55 (9%) died. In multivariable-adjusted models, prednisone dose ≥10 mg/day was associated with higher odds of hospitalisation (OR 2.05, 95% CI 1.06 …
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