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COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic disease in Hubei province, China: a multicentre retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the susceptibility of patients with rheumatic diseases to COVID-19 remains unclear. We aimed to investigate susceptibility to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We did a multicentre retr...

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Autores principales: Zhong, Jixin, Shen, Guifen, Yang, Huiqin, Huang, Anbin, Chen, Xiaoqi, Dong, Li, Wu, Bin, Zhang, Anbin, Su, Linchong, Hou, Xiaoqiang, Song, Shulin, Li, Huiling, Zhou, Wenyu, Zhou, Tao, Huang, Qin, Chu, Aichun, Braunstein, Zachary, Rao, Xiaoquan, Ye, Cong, Dong, Lingli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7333992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32838309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30227-7
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the susceptibility of patients with rheumatic diseases to COVID-19 remains unclear. We aimed to investigate susceptibility to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We did a multicentre retrospective study of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases in Hubei province, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Patients with rheumatic diseases were contacted through an automated telephone-based survey to investigate their susceptibility to COVID-19. Data about COVID-19 exposure or diagnosis were collected. Families with a documented history of COVID-19 exposure, as defined by having at least one family member diagnosed with COVID-19, were followed up by medical professionals to obtain detailed information, including sex, age, smoking history, past medical history, use of medications, and information related to COVID-19. FINDINGS: Between March 20 and March 30, 2020, 6228 patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases were included in the study. The overall rate of COVID-19 in patients with an autoimmune rheumatic disease in our study population was 0·43% (27 of 6228 patients). We identified 42 families in which COVID-19 was diagnosed between Dec 20, 2019, and March 20, 2020, in either patients with a rheumatic disease or in a family member residing at the same physical address during the outbreak. Within these 42 families, COVID-19 was diagnosed in 27 (63%) of 43 patients with a rheumatic disease and in 28 (34%) of 83 of their family members with no rheumatic disease (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2·68 [95% CI 1·14–6·27]; p=0·023). Patients with rheumatic disease who were taking hydroxychloroquine had a lower risk of COVID-19 infection than patients taking other disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (OR 0·09 [95% CI 0·01–0·94]; p=0·044). Additionally, the risk of COVID-19 was increased with age (adjusted OR 1·04 [95%CI 1·01–1·06]; p=0·0081). INTERPRETATION: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease might be more susceptible to COVID-19 infection than the general population. FUNDING: National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Tongji Hospital Clinical Research Flagship Program.