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ABSTRACT: Background and aims
As no population-based study has investigated the susceptibility and disease course of COVID-19 among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases [IBD], we aimed to investigate this topic in a population-based setting.Methods
Two cohorts were investigated. First, a nationwide cohort of all IBD patients diagnosed with COVID-19 was prospectively followed to investigate the disease courses of both diseases. Second, within a population-based cohort of 2.6 million Danish citizens, we identified all individuals tested for SARS-CoV-2 to determine the occurrence of COVID-19 among patients with and without IBD and other immune-mediated inflammatory diseases [IMIDs].Results
Between January 28, 2020 and June 2, 2020, a total of 76 IBD patients with COVID-19 were identified in the national cohort and prospectively followed for 35 days (interquartile range [IQR]: 25-51). A large proportion [n = 19: 25%] required a COVID-19-related hospitalisation for 7 days [IQR: 2-8.5] which was associated with being 65 years or older (odds ratio [OR] = 23].80, 95% confidence interval [CI] 6.32-89.63, p <0.01) and presence of any non-IMID comorbidity [OR = 8.12, 95% CI 2.55-25.87, p <0.01], but not use of immunomodulators [p = 0.52] or biologic therapies [p = 0.14]. In the population-based study, 8476 of 231 601 [3.7%] residents tested positive for SARS-CoV-2; however, the occurrence was significantly lower among patients with IBD [62 of the 2486 patients = 2.5%, p <0.01] and other IMIDs [531 of 16 492 patients = 3.2%, p <0.01] as compared with patients without IMIDs.Conclusions
Patients with IMIDs, including IBD, had a significantly lower susceptibility to COVID-19 than patients without IMIDs, and neither immunosuppressive therapies nor IBD activity were associated with the disease course of COVID-19.
SUBMITTER: Attauabi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797764 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Attauabi Mohamed M Poulsen Anja A Theede Klaus K Pedersen Natalia N Larsen Lone L Jess Tine T Rosager Hansen Malte M Verner-Andersen Marianne Kajbæk MK V Haderslev Kent K Berg Lødrup Anders A Molazahi Akbar A Neumann Anders A Wase Abdel A Seidelin Jakob Benedict JB Burisch Johan J
Journal of Crohn's & colitis 20210401 4
<h4>Background and aims</h4>As no population-based study has investigated the susceptibility and disease course of COVID-19 among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases [IBD], we aimed to investigate this topic in a population-based setting.<h4>Methods</h4>Two cohorts were investigated. First, a nationwide cohort of all IBD patients diagnosed with COVID-19 was prospectively followed to investigate the disease courses of both diseases. Second, within a population-based cohort of 2.6 million Da ...[more]