Evaluating the Impact of Statin Use on Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness and Influenza Infection in Older Adults

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

BACKGROUND: Older adults are recommended to receive influenza vaccination annually, and many use statins. Statins have immunomodulatory properties that might modify influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) and alter influenza infection risk.

METHODS: Using the test-negative design and linked laboratory and health administrative databases in Ontario, Canada, we estimated VE against laboratory-confirmed influenza among community-dwelling statin users and nonusers aged ≥66 years during the 2010-2011 to 2018-2019 influenza seasons. We also estimated the odds ratio for influenza infection comparing statin users and nonusers by vaccination status.

RESULTS: Among persons tested for influenza across the 9 seasons, 54 243 had continuous statin exposure before testing and 48 469 were deemed unexposed. The VE against laboratory-confirmed influenza was similar between statin users and nonusers (17% [95% confidence interval, 13%-20%] and 17% [13%-21%] respectively; test for interaction, P = .87). In both vaccinated and unvaccinated persons, statin users had higher odds of laboratory-confirmed influenza than nonusers (odds ratios for vaccinated and unvaccinated persons 1.15 [95% confidence interval, 1.10-1.21] and 1.15 [1.10-1.20], respectively). These findings were consistent by mean daily dose and statin type. VE did not differ between users and nonusers of other cardiovascular drugs, except for β-blockers. We did not observe that vaccinated and unvaccinated users of these drugs had increased odds of influenza, except for unvaccinated β-blocker users.

CONCLUSIONS: Influenza VE did not differ between statin users and nonusers. Statin use was associated with increased odds of laboratory-confirmed influenza in vaccinated and unvaccinated persons, but these associations might be affected by residual confounding.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:77

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 77(2023), 2 vom: 26. Juli, Seite 303-311

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chung, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Campitelli, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Buchan, Sarah A [VerfasserIn]
Campigotto, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Branson [VerfasserIn]
Crowcroft, Natasha S [VerfasserIn]
Dubey, Vinita [VerfasserIn]
Gubbay, Jonathan B [VerfasserIn]
Karnauchow, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Katz, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
McGeer, Allison J [VerfasserIn]
McNally, J Dayre [VerfasserIn]
Mubareka, Samira [VerfasserIn]
Murti, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Richardson, David C [VerfasserIn]
Rosella, Laura C [VerfasserIn]
Schwartz, Kevin L [VerfasserIn]
Smieja, Marek [VerfasserIn]
Zahariadis, George [VerfasserIn]
Kwong, Jeffrey C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Influenza
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Older adults
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Statins
Vaccine effectiveness

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Date Completed 28.07.2023

Date Revised 29.07.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciad148

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354478850