Association of smoking history with severe and critical outcomes in COVID-19 patients : A systemic review and meta-analysis

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INTRODUCTION: The highly infectious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has now rapidly spread around the world. This meta-analysis was strictly focused on the influence of smoking history on the severe and critical outcomes on people with COVID-19 pneumonia.

METHODS: A systematic literature search was conducted in eight online databases before 1 February 2021. All studies meeting our selection criteria were included and evaluated. Stata 14.0 software was used to analyze the data.

RESULTS: A total of 109 articles involving 517,020 patients were included in this meta-analysis. A statistically significant association was discovered between smoking history and COVID-19 severity, the pooled OR was 1.55 (95%CI: 1.41-1.71). Smoking was significantly associated with the risk of admission to intensive care unit (ICU) (OR=1.73, 95%CI: 1.36-2.19), increased mortality (OR=1.58, 95%CI: 1.38-1.81), and critical diseases composite endpoints (OR=1.61, 95%CI: 1.35-1.93), whereas there was no relationship with mechanical ventilation. The pooled prevalence of smoking using the random effects model (REM) was 15% (95%CI: 14%-16%). Meta-regression analysis showed that age (P=0.004), hypertension (P=0.007), diabetes (P=0.029), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (P=0.001) were covariates that affect the association.

CONCLUSIONS: Smoking was associated with severe or critical outcomes and increased the risk of admission to ICU and mortality in COVID-19 patients, but not associated with mechanical ventilation. This association was more significant for former smokers than in current smokers. Current smokers also had a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 compared with non-smokers. More detailed data, which are representative of more countries, are needed to confirm these preliminary findings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

European journal of integrative medicine - 43(2021) vom: 17. Apr., Seite 101313

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Huimei [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Shaodi [VerfasserIn]
Han, Tiantian [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Guangbo [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Ce [VerfasserIn]
Uy, John Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Shaikh, Mohammad Baseem [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Song, Evelyn J [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chenyu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Hospital admission
Journal Article
Mortality
Severity
Smoking
Systematic review

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Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.eujim.2021.101313

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NLM321779355