2015
Statin Treatment and Mortality: Propensity Score-Matched Analyses of 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations
Laidler M, Thomas A, Baumbach J, Kirley P, Meek J, Aragon D, Morin C, Ryan P, Schaffner W, Zansky S, Chaves S. Statin Treatment and Mortality: Propensity Score-Matched Analyses of 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2015, 2: ofv028. PMID: 26034777, PMCID: PMC4438907, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPropensity score-matched analysisStatin treatmentAdjunct treatmentInfluenza virus infectionHost inflammatory responseAnnual influenza epidemicsInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza seasonSubstantial morbidityHospitalized cohortCox regressionImmunomodulatory agentsInflammatory responseVirus infectionProtective effectInfluenza epidemicsSurveillance dataMortalityUnmeasured confoundersStatinsDeathTreatmentVaccine productionInfluenzaPandemic
2011
Association Between Use of Statins and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Virus Infections: A Multistate Study
Vandermeer M, Thomas A, Kamimoto L, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Farley M, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Baumbach J, Schaffner W, Bennett N, Zansky S. Association Between Use of Statins and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Virus Infections: A Multistate Study. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2011, 205: 13-19. PMID: 22170954, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmerging Infections ProgramLaboratory-confirmed influenzaInfluenza virus infectionVirus infectionPrevention's Emerging Infections ProgramMultivariable logistic regression modelInfluenza-related deathsChronic lung diseaseUse of statinsAdministration of statinsRisk of mortalityLogistic regression modelsProtective oddsHospitalized adultsInfluenza testsInfluenza vaccinationStatin useInfluenza seasonRenal diseaseAntiviral administrationImmunomodulatory effectsLung diseaseActive surveillanceInfections ProgramStatins