| Title: | Gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and the Risk of Death Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019: An Analysis of the UK Biobank |
| Journal: | ACR Open Rheumatology |
| Published: | 15 Apr 2021 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33856739/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/acr2.11252 |
| URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/acr2.11252 |
Publication 5093
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objectives for this study were to assess whether gout and/or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis and to assess whether gout and/or RA are risk factors for death from COVID-19.</p>
METHODS: We used data from the UK Biobank. Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression was employed in the following analyses: analysis A, to test for association between gout and/or RA and COVID-19 diagnosis (n = 473,139); analysis B, to test for association between gout and/or RA and death from COVID-19 in a case-control cohort of people who died of or survived COVID-19 (n = 2059); analysis C, to test for association between gout and/or RA and death from COVID-19 in the entire UK Biobank cohort (n = 473,139).</p>
RESULTS: RA, but not gout, was associated with COVID-19 diagnosis in analysis A. Neither RA nor gout was associated with risk of death in the group diagnosed with COVID-19 in analysis B. However, RA was associated with risk of death related to COVID-19 by using the UK Biobank cohort in analysis C, independent of comorbidities and other measured risk factors (odds ratio [OR] 1.9; 95% confidence interval CI 1.2-3.0). Gout was not associated with death related to COVID-19 in the same UK Biobank analysis (OR 1.2; 95% CI 0.8-1.7).</p>
CONCLUSION: RA is a risk factor for death from COVID-19 by using the UK Biobank cohort. These findings require replication in larger data sets that also allow for inclusion of a wider range of factors.</p>
7 Authors
- Ruth K. Topless
- Amanda Phipps-Green
- Megan Leask
- Nicola Dalbeth
- Lisa K. Stamp
- Philip C. Robinson
- Tony R. Merriman
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