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authors: Miyashita, H; Kuno, T
title: Prognosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in patients with HIV infection in New York City
date: 2020-08-23
journal: HIV Med
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12920
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doc_id: 754931
cord_uid: 08bto52i

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, respectively]. In contrast, no significant difference between those with and without HIV infection was detected in the other age groups or for the risk of ICU admission (Table 1b) .

Male sex and the presence of comorbid conditions, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases, are known risk factors for severe COVID-19 [5] . Therefore, the higher risk of intubation and death in younger COVID-19 patients with HIV infection, compared with those without HIV infection, observed in this analysis may have been caused by the higher percentage of male patients and the higher prevalence of comorbidities in those with HIV infection. However, older patients with HIV infection did not demonstrate a worse prognosis, despite baseline characteristics suggesting that they might have been at a higher risk of a worse prognosis, which is of interest. This study only used aggregated data, which did not allow adjustment of potential prognostic factors, including the status or treatment of HIV infection, ethnicity or drug abuse. Further studies incorporating individual patients' data are warranted to investigate the association between COVID-19 and HIV infection.

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None.Author contributions HM and TK were responsible for the study concept and design and the statistical analysis. HM had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of the data analysis, and was responsible for acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data, administrative, technical and material support, and drafting of the manuscript. TK was responsible for study supervision and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.