Another study shows an association of Smoking and Covid-19 death
Mehra MR, Desai SS, Kuy SR, Henry TD, Patel AN. Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19. NEJM. May 1, 2020; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2007621https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007621?query=C19
Data on 8910 patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of Covid-19 were analyzed. Cardiovascular disease was associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death. Current smoking was also associated with such deaths (OR=1.79, CI=1.29-2.47). Neither the use of angiotensin-converting–enzyme inhibitors nor the use of angiotensin-receptor blockers was associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death.
By Stephen Hamann
