Circulation Journal
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Association Between Statin Use Prior to Admission and Lower Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severity in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease or Risk Factors
Yuji IkariYuya MatsueSho ToriiMisaki HasegawaKazuki AiharaShunsuke KurodaTakahide SanoTakeshi KitaiTaishi YonetsuShun KohsakaTakuya KishiIssei KomuroKen-ichi HirataKoichi NodeShingo Matsumoto
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2021 Volume 85 Issue 6 Pages 939-943

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Background:Cardiovascular diseases and/or risk factors (CVDRF) have been reported as risk factors for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods and Results:In total, we selected 693 patients with CVDRF from the CLAVIS-COVID database of 1,518 cases in Japan. The mean age was 68 years (35% females). Statin use was reported by 31% patients at admission. Statin users exhibited lower incidence of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) insertion (1.4% vs. 4.6%, odds ratio [OR]: 0.295, P=0.037) and septic shock (1.4% vs. 6.5%, OR: 0.205, P=0.004) despite having more comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus.

Conclusions:This study suggests the potential benefits of statins use against COVID-19.

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