Predictors of COVID-19 severity and outcomes in Indian patients with rheumatic diseases: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is dearth of data regarding the outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMD) patients from Southeast Asia. We report the clinicodemographic profile and identify predictors of COVID-19 outcomes in a large cohort of Indian RMD patients.

Methods

This prospective cohort study, carried out at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (a tertiary care centre in India), included RMD patients affected with COVID-19 between April 2020 and October 2021. Demographic and clinical and laboratory details of COVID-19 and underlying RMD were noted. Predictors of mortality, hospitalization and severe COVID-19 were identified using stepwise multivariable logistic regression.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Mathew J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9995091 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature