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. 2022 Mar 1;36(3):391-398.
doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003129.

Association of HIV infection with outcomes among adults hospitalized with COVID-19

Matthew S Durstenfeld  1   2 , Kaiwen Sun  1 , Yifei Ma  1   3 , Fatima Rodriguez  4 , Eric A Secemsky  5   6 , Rushi V Parikh  7 , Priscilla Y Hsue  1   2
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Association of HIV infection with outcomes among adults hospitalized with COVID-19

Matthew S Durstenfeld et al. AIDS. .

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of HIV infection with outcomes among people hospitalized with COVID-19.

Design: A prospectively planned analysis of the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry.

Setting: One hundred and seven academic and community hospitals in the United States from March through December 2020.

Participants: Consecutive sample of 21 528 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 at participating hospitals.

Main outcome and measure: Primary outcome was predefined as in-hospital mortality. We used hierarchical mixed effects models to assess the association of HIV with in-hospital mortality accounting for patient demographics, comorbidities, and clustering by hospital. Secondary outcomes included major adverse cardiac events (MACE), severity of illness, and length of stay (LOS).

Results: The registry included 220 people with HIV (PWH). PWH were younger and more likely to be male, Non-Hispanic Black, on Medicaid, and active tobacco users. Of the study population, 36 PWH (16.4%) died compared with 3290 (15.4%) without HIV [risk ratio 1.06; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.79-1.43; P = 0.71]. After adjustment for age, sex, race, and insurance, HIV was not associated with in-hospital mortality (aOR 1.12; 95% CI 0.76-1.64; P = 0.58) with no change in effect after adding BMI and comorbidities (aOR 1.14; 95% CI 0.78-1.68; P = 0.51). HIV was not associated with MACE (aOR 0.99; 95% CI 0.69-1.44, P = 0.91), COVID severity (aOR 0.96; 95% CI 0.62-1.50; P = 0.86), or LOS (aOR 1.03; 95% CI 0.76-1.66; P = 0.21).

Conclusion: In the largest study of PWH hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States to date, we did not find significant associations between HIV and adverse outcomes including in-hospital mortality, MACE, or severity of illness.

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Figure 1:. Association of HIV with COVID-19 Outcomes among Hospitalized Patients in the American Heart Association COVID-19 CVD Registry (n=21,528)
HIV was not found to have a significant association with in-hospital mortality among people hospitalized with COVID-19 in unadjusted analysis or after adjustment. HIV was also not found to have an association with major adverse cardiac events, length of stay, or clinical trial enrollment. aOR=adjusted odds ratio; MACE=major adverse cardiac events; LOS=Length of Stay.
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