Influence of statin treatment in a cohort of patients admitted for COVID-19

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Aims and objectives: Statins have been proposed as potentially useful agents for modulating the host response in COVID-19. However, solid evidence-based recommendations are still lacking. Our aim was to study the association between statin use and clinical outcomes in a large cohort of hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as the specific consequences of chronic treatment withdrawal during hospital admission.

Material and methods: Retrospective observational study including 2191 hospitalized patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Results: Mean age was 68.0±17.8 years and 597 (27.3%) patients died during follow-up. A total of 827 patients (37.7% of the whole sample), received chronic treatment with statins. Even though they underwent more frequent admissions in critical care units, chronic treatment with statins was not independently associated with all-cause mortality [HR 0.95 (0.72-1.25)]. During the whole hospital admission, 371 patients (16.9%) received at least one dose of statin. Although these patients had a significantly worse clinical profile, both treatment with statins during admission [HR 1.03 (0.78-1.35)] and withdrawal of chronic statin treatment [HR 1.01 (0.78-1.30)] showed a neutral effect in mortality. However, patients treated with statins presented more frequently hepatic cytolysis, rhabdomyolysis and thrombotic/hemorrhagic events.

Conclusions: In this large cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, statins were not independently associated with all-cause mortality during follow-up. Clinically relevant statin-associated adverse effects should be carefully monitored during hospital admission.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:158

Enthalten in:

Medicina clinica (English ed.) - 158(2022), 12 vom: 24. Juni, Seite 586-595

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rey, Juan R [VerfasserIn]
Merino Llorens, José Luis [VerfasserIn]
Iniesta Manjavacas, Ángel Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Rosillo Rodríguez, Sandra Ofelia [VerfasserIn]
Castrejón-Castrejón, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Arbas-Redondo, Emilio [VerfasserIn]
Poveda-Pinedo, Isabel Dolores [VerfasserIn]
Tebar-Márquez, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Severo-Sánchez, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Rivero-Santana, Borja [VerfasserIn]
Juárez-Olmos, Víctor [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Cossiani, Marcel [VerfasserIn]
Buño-Soto, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalez-Valle, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Herrero-Ambrosio, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
López-de-Sá, Esteban [VerfasserIn]
Caro-Codón, Juan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse effects
COVID-19
Journal Article
Morbidity
Mortality
Statins
Treatment with drawal

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.medcle.2022.05.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34215561X