New-onset obstructive airway disease following COVID-19: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study assessed the association between COVID-19 and new-onset obstructive airway diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and bronchiectasis among vaccinated individuals recovering from COVID-19 during the Omicron wave.

Methods

This multicenter retrospective cohort study comprised 549,606 individuals from the U.S. Collaborative Network of TriNetX database, from January 8, 2022, to January 17, 2024. The hazard of new-onset obstructive airway diseases between COVID-19 and no-COVID-19 groups were compared following propensity score matching using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards model.

Results

After propensity score matching, each group contained 274,803 participants. Patients with COVID-19 exhibited a higher r

SUBMITTER: Chuang MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11373398 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature