Impact of comorbid asthma on severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

The severity of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is associated with various comorbidities. However, no studies have yet demonstrated the potential risk of respiratory failure and mortality in COVID-19 patients with pre-existing asthma. We selected 7272 adult COVID-19 patients from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment COVID-19 database for this nationwide retrospective cohort study. Among these, 686 patients with asthma were assessed by their severities and evaluated by the clinical outcome of COVID-19 compared to patients without asthma. Of 7272 adult COVID-19 patients, 686 with asthma and 6586 without asthma were compared. Asthma was not a significant risk factor for respiratory failure or mortality among all COVID-19 patients (odds ratio [OR] = 0.99, P = 0.997 and OR = 1.06, P = 0.759) after adjusting for age, sex, and the Charlson comorbidity score. However, a history of acute exacerbation (OR = 2.63, P = 0.043) was significant risk factors for death among COVID-19 patients with asthma. Asthma is not a risk factor for poor prognosis of COVID-19. However, asthma patients who had any experience of acute exacerbation in the previous year before COVID-19 showed higher COVID-19-related mortality, especially in case of old age and male sex.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 10(2020), 1 vom: 11. Dez., Seite 21805

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Sang Chul [VerfasserIn]
Son, Kang Ju [VerfasserIn]
Han, Chang Hoon [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Ji Ye [VerfasserIn]
Park, Seon Cheol [VerfasserIn]

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Clinical Trial
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.12.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-020-77791-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318768003