No association of low-dose aspirin with severe COVID-19 in France : A cohort of 31.1 million people without cardiovascular disease

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Background: Aspirin at low doses has been reported to be a potential drug candidate to treat or prevent severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Objectives: We aimed to explore whether low-dose aspirin used for primary cardiovascular prevention was associated with a lower risk of severe COVID-19.

Method: A large cohort of patients without known cardiovascular comorbidities was constructed from the entire French population registered in national health care databases. In total, 31.1 million patients aged ≥40 years, including 1.5 million reimbursed for low-dose aspirin at least at three time points during the 6 months before the epidemic, were followed until hospitalization with a COVID-19 diagnosis or intubation/death for hospitalized patients.

Results: Cox models adjusted for age and sex showed a positive association between low-dose aspirin and the risk of hospitalization (hazard ratio [HR], 1.33; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.29-1.37]) or death/intubation (HR, 1.40 [95% CI, 1.33-1.47]). In fully adjusted models, associations were close to null (HR, 1.03 [95% CI, 1.00-1.06] and 1.04 [95% CI, 0.98-1.10], respectively).

Conclusion: There was no evidence for an effect of low-dose aspirin for primary cardiovascular prevention in reducing severe COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis - 6(2022), 4 vom: 21. Mai, Seite e12743

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Botton, Jérémie [VerfasserIn]
Semenzato, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Dupouy, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Dray-Spira, Rosemary [VerfasserIn]
Weill, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Saint-Lary, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Zureik, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aspirin
COVID‐19
Journal Article
Pharmacoepidemiology
Primary cardiovascular prevention
Public health

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Date Revised 28.03.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/rth2.12743

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NLM342768573