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Observational Study
. 2020 Dec 22;15(12):e0238552.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238552. eCollection 2020.

Obesity and smoking as risk factors for invasive mechanical ventilation in COVID-19: A retrospective, observational cohort study

Ana C Monteiro  1 , Rajat Suri  1 , Iheanacho O Emeruwa  1 , Robert J Stretch  1 , Roxana Y Cortes-Lopez  1 , Alexander Sherman  1 , Catherine C Lindsay  2 , Jennifer A Fulcher  3 , David Goodman-Meza  3 , Anil Sapru  4 , Russell G Buhr  1 , Steven Y Chang  1 , Tisha Wang  1 , Nida Qadir  1
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Observational Study

Obesity and smoking as risk factors for invasive mechanical ventilation in COVID-19: A retrospective, observational cohort study

Ana C Monteiro et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the trajectory of respiratory failure in COVID-19 and explore factors associated with risk of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV).

Materials and methods: A retrospective, observational cohort study of 112 inpatient adults diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 12 and April 16, 2020. Data were manually extracted from electronic medical records. Multivariable and Univariable regression were used to evaluate association between baseline characteristics, initial serum markers and the outcome of IMV.

Results: Our cohort had median age of 61 (IQR 45-74) and was 66% male. In-hospital mortality was 6% (7/112). ICU mortality was 12.8% (6/47), and 18% (5/28) for those requiring IMV. Obesity (OR 5.82, CI 1.74-19.48), former (OR 8.06, CI 1.51-43.06) and current smoking status (OR 10.33, CI 1.43-74.67) were associated with IMV after adjusting for age, sex, and high prevalence comorbidities by multivariable analysis. Initial absolute lymphocyte count (OR 0.33, CI 0.11-0.96), procalcitonin (OR 1.27, CI 1.02-1.57), IL-6 (OR 1.17, CI 1.03-1.33), ferritin (OR 1.05, CI 1.005-1.11), LDH (OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.13-2.17) and CRP (OR 1.13, CI 1.06-1.21), were associated with IMV by univariate analysis.

Conclusions: Obesity, smoking history, and elevated inflammatory markers were associated with increased need for IMV in patients with COVID-19.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SYC consults for PureTech on their deupirfenidone in COVID study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Forest plot of multivariable logistic regression analysis adjusting for age, sex, and comorbidities with cohort prevalence of ≥15%.
The x-axis is depicted on a log scale.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Box and whisker plot of pooled cohort mechanical ventilation tidal volume for first 7 days post-intubation.
Tidal volume is displayed as cc/kg of predicted body weight. Box represents IQR and whiskers represent minimum and maximum, with outliers represented as dots.
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