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