The relationship between asthma, eosinophilia, and outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 infection

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BACKGROUND: The impact of asthma diagnosis and asthma endotype on outcomes from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection remains unclear.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the association between asthma diagnosis and endotype and clinical outcomes among patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 infection.

METHODS: Retrospective multicenter cohort study of outpatients and inpatients presenting to 6 hospitals in the Mount Sinai Health System New York metropolitan region between March 7, 2020, and June 7, 2020, with COVID-19 infection, with and without a history of asthma. The primary outcome evaluated was in-hospital mortality. Secondary outcomes included hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, mechanical ventilation, and hospital length of stay. The outcomes were compared in patients with or without asthma using a multivariate Cox regression model. The outcomes stratified by blood eosinophilia count were also evaluated.

RESULTS: Of 10,523 patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 infection, 4902 were hospitalized and 468 had a diagnosis of asthma (4.4%). When adjusted for COVID-19 disease severity, comorbidities, and concurrent therapies, patients with asthma had a lower mortality (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 0.64 (0.53-0.77); P < .001) and a lower rate of hospitalization and intensive care unit admission (OR, 0.43 (0.28-0.64); P < .001 and OR, 0.51 (0.41-0.64); P < .001, respectively). Those with blood eosinophils greater than or equal to 200 cells/μL, both with and without asthma, had lower mortality.

CONCLUSION: Patients with asthma may be at a reduced risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19 infection. Eosinophilia, both in those with and without asthma, may be associated with reduced mortality risk.

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CommentIn: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2021 Aug;127(2):278. - PMID 34348851

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

Enthalten in:

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - 127(2021), 1 vom: 27. Juli, Seite 42-48

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ho, Kam Sing [VerfasserIn]
Howell, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Rogers, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Narasimhan, Bharat [VerfasserIn]
Verma, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Steiger, David [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Multicenter Study

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Date Completed 30.06.2021

Date Revised 06.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2021 Aug;127(2):278. - PMID 34348851

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anai.2021.02.021

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NLM322050995