Relation of Statin Use Prior to Admission to Severity and Recovery Among COVID-19 Inpatients

The impact of statins, ACE inhibitors (ACEi) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) on COVID-19 severity and recovery is important given their high prevalence of use among individuals at risk for severe COVID-19. We studied the association between use of statin/ACEi/ARB in the month before hospital admission, with risk of severe outcome, and with time to severe outcome or disease recovery, among patients hospitalized for COVID-19. We performed a retrospective single-center study of all patients hospitalized at UCSD Health between February 10-June 17, 2020 (n=170 hospitalized for COVID-19, n=5281 COVID-negative controls).
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research