Association of Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases With Hospitalization for COVID-19 : A Nationwide Matched Population-Based Cohort Study

Background There is little evidence on the relationship between statin use and the risk of hospitalization attributable to COVID-19. Methods and Results The French National Healthcare Data System database was used to conduct a matched-cohort study. For each adult aged ≥40 years receiving statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, one nonuser was randomly selected and matched for year of birth, sex, residence area, and comorbidities. The association between statin use and hospitalization for COVID-19 was examined using conditional Cox proportional hazards models, adjusted for baseline characteristics, comorbidities, and long-term medications. Its association with in-hospital death from COVID-19 was also explored. All participants were followed up from February 15, 2020, to June 15, 2020. The matching procedure generated 2 058 249 adults in the statin group and 2 058 249 in the control group, composed of 46.6% of men with a mean age of 68.7 years. Statin users had a 16% lower risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 than nonusers (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 0.84; 95% CI, 0.81-0.88). All types of statins were significantly associated with a lower risk of hospitalization, with the adjusted HR ranging from 0.75 for fluvastatin to 0.89 for atorvastatin. Low- and moderate-intensity statins also showed a lower risk compared with nonusers (HR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.71-0.86] and HR, 0.84 [95% CI, 0.80-0.89], respectively), whereas high-intensity statins did not (HR, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.86-1.18). We found similar results with in-hospital death from COVID-19. Conclusions Our findings support that the use of statins for primary prevention is associated with lower risks of hospitalization for COVID-19 and of in-hospital death from COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Heart Association - 11(2022), 12 vom: 21. Juni, Seite e023357

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bouillon, Kim [VerfasserIn]
Baricault, Bérangère [VerfasserIn]
Semenzato, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Botton, Jérémie [VerfasserIn]
Bertrand, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Drouin, Jérôme [VerfasserIn]
Dray-Spira, Rosemary [VerfasserIn]
Weill, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Zureik, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID‐19
Hospitalization
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Journal Article
Mortality
SARS‐CoV‐2
Statins

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Date Completed 23.06.2022

Date Revised 05.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.121.023357

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342207431