May 7, 2021

Risk Factors For Infection And Health Impacts Of The Covid-19  Pandemic In People With Autoimmune Diseases

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): risk factors

• A prospective cohort study of persons with autoimmune or inflammatory conditions (N=4,666)  found that persons with diabetes (OR=1.7), cardiovascular disease (OR=1.7) and kidney disease  (OR=1.8) and patients taking glucocorticoid drugs (OR=1.4) had higher risks of COVID-19. Interruptions to healthcare were common, and persons with changes in their ability to pay for  healthcare costs and those who experienced a COVID-19-related change to employment were most  vulnerable to care disruptions. The authors note that these results suggest that persons with  autoimmune or inflammatory disorders may be particularly vulnerable to downstream effects of pandemic-related disruptions to healthcare access. 

Fitzgerald et al. (May 6, 2021). Risk Factors For Infection And Health Impacts Of The Covid-19  Pandemic In People With Autoimmune Diseases. Clinical Infectious Diseases.  https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab407