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ArticleJournal of infection and public health2023

Impact of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease on clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 among persons living with HIV: A multicenter research network study.

Arunkumar Krishnan, Tinsay A Woreta, Omar T Sims, James P Hamilton, James J Potter, Saleh A Alqahtani

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Article in Journal of infection and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Arunkumar KrishnanDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA. Electronic address: dr.arunkumar.krishnan@gmail.com.
Tinsay A WoretaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Omar T SimsDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
James P HamiltonDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
James J PotterDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Saleh A AlqahtaniDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Liver Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: salqaht1@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · USCleveland Clinic · USWest Virginia University · US

Funding

Substance Use and HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities Training ProgramR25DA028567 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Julia Lechuga, Torsten Brian Neilands · 2009 to 2026
$5.4M
NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA028567
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) are at an increased risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) but how these patients react to COVID-19 infection is unclear. We examined the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) diagnosed with COVID-19.

methodsA multicenter, retrospective cohort study was conducted using TriNetX. Participants diagnosed with COVID-19 between January 20, 2020, and October 31, 2021, in PLWH were identified and divided into cohorts based on preexisting NAFLD. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and secondary outcomes were hospitalization, severe disease, critical care, need for mechanical ventilation, and acute kidney injury(AKI). Propensity score matching (PSM) mitigated the imbalance among group covariates. Risk ratios (RR) with 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were calculated.

resultsOf the 5012 PLWH identified with confirmed COVID-19 during the study period, 563 had a diagnosis of NAFLD. After PSM, both groups were well-matched with 561 patients. The primary outcome did not differ between the cohorts at 30-days, even after a fully adjusted analysis, and the risk of all-cause mortality did not differ at 60 and 90 days. NAFLD had a significantly higher risk for hospitalization rates (RR 1.32; 95 % CI, 1.06-1.63) and AKI (RR 2.55; 95 % CI 1.42-4.57) than the non-NAFLD group at 30 days. No other differences were detected in other secondary outcome measures.

conclusionsPreexisting NAFLD is associated with an increased risk for hospitalization and AKI among PLWH infected with COVID-19. The potential role of NAFLD in developing severe COVID-19 among PLWH remains to be elucidated in future studies. Still, this study indicates the need for careful monitoring of this at-risk population.

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COVID-19HIV InfectionsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseHIVHumansRetrospective StudiesCOVID-19Fatty liver diseaseHealth careHIVMortalityNAFLDNon-alcohol fatty liver diseaseOutcomesSARS-CoV-2Syndemic

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