Association Between Race/Ethnicity and COVID‐19 Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients From the United States: Data From the COVID‐19 Global Rheumatology Alliance
Ugarte‐Gil M, Alarcón G, Seet A, Izadi Z, Montgomery A, Duarte‐García A, Gilbert E, Valenzuela‐Almada M, Wise L, Sparks J, Hsu T, D'Silva K, Patel N, Sirotich E, Liew J, Hausmann J, Sufka P, Grainger R, Bhana S, Wallace Z, Jacobsohn L, Strangfeld A, Mateus E, Hyrich K, Gossec L, Carmona L, Lawson‐Tovey S, Kearsley‐Fleet L, Schaefer M, Machado P, Robinson P, Gianfrancesco M, Yazdany J. Association Between Race/Ethnicity and COVID‐19 Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients From the United States: Data From the COVID‐19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Arthritis Care & Research 2022, 75: 53-60. PMID: 36239292, PMCID: PMC9874592, DOI: 10.1002/acr.25039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusCOVID-19 outcomesRace/ethnicitySevere COVID-19 outcomesSystemic lupus erythematosus patientsImmunosuppressive drug useLupus erythematosus patientsCOVID-19 severityUS general populationLogistic regression modelsOrdinal logistic regression modelsGlucocorticoid doseDisease activityPandemic time periodSD ageLupus erythematosusPossible confoundersSevere outcomesMultivariable modelHigher oddsGeneral populationPatientsDrug useHealth disparitiesOutcome categoriesCharacteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance
Ugarte-Gil M, Alarcón G, Izadi Z, Duarte-García A, Reátegui-Sokolova C, Clarke A, Wise L, Pons-Estel G, Santos M, Bernatsky S, Ribeiro S, Al Emadi S, Sparks J, Hsu T, Patel N, Gilbert E, Valenzuela-Almada M, Jönsen A, Landolfi G, Fredi M, Goulenok T, Devaux M, Mariette X, Queyrel V, Romão V, Sequeira G, Hasseli R, Hoyer B, Voll R, Specker C, Baez R, Castro-Coello V, Ficco H, Neto E, Ferreira G, Monticielo O, Sirotich E, Liew J, Hausmann J, Sufka P, Grainger R, Bhana S, Costello W, Wallace Z, Jacobsohn L, Taylor T, Ja C, Strangfeld A, Mateus E, Hyrich K, Carmona L, Lawson-Tovey S, Kearsley-Fleet L, Schäfer M, Machado P, Robinson P, Gianfrancesco M, Yazdany J. Characteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases 2022, 81: 970-978. PMID: 35172961, PMCID: PMC8882632, DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221636.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusCOVID-19 outcomesSevere outcomesDisease activityLupus erythematosusHigher SLE disease activityActive systemic lupus erythematosusMultivariable ordinal logistic regression modelsSevere COVID-19 outcomesPoor COVID-19 outcomesSLE disease activitySex-adjusted modelsMore severe outcomesCOVID-19 severityCOVID-19Logistic regression modelsOrdinal logistic regression modelsPrednisone doseMale sexGlobal RegistryWorse outcomesMultivariable modelCurrent treatmentComorbiditiesOlder age