Tobacco smoking and severity of COVID-19: Experience from a hospital-based prospective cohort study in Lyon, France.

ABSTRACT: Information gathered so far from published studies attest the existence of a complex relationship between tobacco smoking and the severity of COVID-19. We investigated the association between smoking habits and the severity of COVID-19 in patients hospitalized in university-affiliated hospitals in Lyon, France. Baseline sociodemographic, clinical and biological characteristics of adult COVID-19 hospitalized patients presenting from the community were prospectively collected and analyzed. Tobacco exposure was documented at admission. Characteristics of patients hospitalized in medical wards to those admitted or transferred to intensive care units (ICUs) were compared using Mann-Whitney and Χ² or Fisher's exact test. A composite endpoint including admission or transfer to ICU or d

SUBMITTER: Saadatian-Elahi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8426692 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature