RT Journal Article T1 Hospitalization and Mortality from COVID-19 of Patients with Rheumatic Inflammatory Diseases in Andalusia. T2 Hospitalizaciones y mortalidad por COVID-19 en pacientes con enfermedades inflamatorias reumáticas en Andalucía. A1 Mena-Vázquez, Natalia A1 Manrique Arija, Sara A1 Rojas-Giménez, Marta A1 Raya-Álvarez, Enrique A1 Velloso-Feijoó, María Luisa A1 López-Medina, C A1 Ramos-Giraldez, Consuelo A1 Godoy-Navarrete, Francisco Javier A1 Redondo-Rodríguez, Rocío A1 Cabezas-Lucena, Alba María A1 Morales-Águila, M A1 Romero-Barco, C M A1 Fernández-Nebro, Antonio K1 COVID-19 K1 Enfermedad inflamatoria reumática K1 Hospitalización K1 Hospitalization K1 Mortalidad K1 Mortality K1 Rheumatic inflammatory disease AB To describe whether rheumatic inflammatory diseases (RID) are associated with a higher risk of hospitalization and/or mortality from COVID-19 and identify the factors associated with hospitalization and mortality in RID and COVID-19 in different Hospitals in Andalusia. Design: Multicentre observational case-control study. RID and COVID-19 from different centres in Andalusia. patients without RIS matched by sex, age and CRP-COVID. Protocol A list of patients with PCR for COVID-19 was requested from the microbiology service from March 14 to April 14, 2020. The patients who had RID were identified and then consecutively a paired control for each case. Variables The main outcome variable was hospital admission and mortality from COVID-19. Statistical analysis Bivariate followed by binary logistic regression models (DV: mortality/hospital admission). One hundred and fifty-six patients were included, 78 with RID and COVID-19 and 78 without RID with COVID-19. The patients did not present characteristics of COVID-19 disease different from the general population, nor did they present higher hospital admission or mortality. The factor associated with mortality in patients with RID was advanced age (OR [95% CI], 1.1 [1.0-1.2]; p = 0.025), while the factors associated with hospitalization were advanced age (OR [95% CI], 1.1 [1.0-1.1]; p = 0.007) and hypertension (OR [95% CI], 3.9 [1.5-6.7]; p = 0.003). Mortality and hospital admission due to COVID-19 do not seem to increase in RID. Advanced age was associated with mortality in RID and, in addition, HTN was associated with hospital admission. YR 2021 FD 2021-03-20 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26144 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26144 LA en LA es DS RISalud RD Apr 17, 2025