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. 2023 Oct 10:10:1236142.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1236142. eCollection 2023.

Is the long-term mortality similar in COVID-19 and community-acquired pneumonia?

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Is the long-term mortality similar in COVID-19 and community-acquired pneumonia?

Raúl Méndez et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .

Abstract

Introduction: There are no data on the association of type of pneumonia and long-term mortality by the type of pneumonia (COVID-19 or community-acquired pneumonia [CAP]) on long-term mortality after an adjustment for potential confounding variables. We aimed to assess the type of pneumonia and risk factors for long-term mortality in patients who were hospitalized in conventional ward and later discharged.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of two prospective and multicentre cohorts of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and CAP. The main outcome under study was 1-year mortality in hospitalized patients in conventional ward and later discharged. We adjusted a Bayesian logistic regression model to assess associations between the type of pneumonia and 1-year mortality controlling for confounders.

Results: The study included a total of 1,693 and 2,374 discharged patients in the COVID-19 and CAP cohorts, respectively. Of these, 1,525 (90.1%) and 2,249 (95%) patients underwent analysis. Until 1-year follow-up, 69 (4.5%) and 148 (6.6%) patients from the COVID-19 and CAP cohorts, respectively, died (p = 0.008). However, the Bayesian model showed a low probability of effect (PE) of finding relevant differences in long-term mortality between CAP and COVID-19 (odds ratio 1.127, 95% credibility interval 0.862-1.591; PE = 0.774).

Conclusion: COVID-19 and CAP have similar long-term mortality after adjusting for potential confounders.

Keywords: Bayesian; COVID-19; long-term; mortality; pneumonia.

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Figure 1
Approximate probability distributions for estimates of different logistic regression model parameters for 1-year mortality. Odds ratio are shown in natural log scale. 95 and 100% highest density intervals (HDI) for each estimate are colored in red and blue, respectively.

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