Influence of vaccination on adverse health outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection among individuals with alcohol use disorder: a population-based study.
Addiction
; 118(8): 1482-1492, 2023 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2250410
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
Alcohol use disorders (AUD) have not been included in the priority groups for early vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. We aimed to determine adverse outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection among individuals with AUD and how this is modified by vaccination. DESIGN, SETTING ANDPARTICIPANTS:
This was a registry-based cohort study carried out in Denmark, 27 February 2020 to 15 October 2021, comprising 2157 individuals with AUD and 237 541 without AUD who had had a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection during the study period. MEASUREMENTS The association of AUD with the absolute and relative risk of hospitalization, intensive care and 60-day mortality after SARS-CoV-2 infection and of all-cause mortality throughout the follow-up period were measured. Potential interactions with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, education and sex were explored in stratified analyses and tested by including interaction terms and using likelihood ratio tests.FINDINGS:
Individuals with AUD had an increased absolute and relative risk of adverse outcomes, including hospitalization [incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 1.72, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.51-1.95], intensive care (IRR = 1.47, 95% CI = 1.07-2.02) and 60-day mortality [mortality rate ratio (MRR) = 2.35, 95% CI = 1.94-2.85] compared with SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals without AUD. Irrespective of AUD, highest risks of these adverse health outcomes were observed for individuals not vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 infection, for individuals of low educational level and in males. However, for all-cause mortality throughout the follow-up period, SARS-CoV-2 infection showed a lower relative mortality risk increase, whereas being unvaccinated showed a higher relative mortality risk increase, in individuals with AUD than in the reference population without AUD (P of interaction tests < 0.0001).CONCLUSIONS:
Both alcohol use disorder and being unvaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 appear to be independent risk factors for adverse health outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Alcoholism
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Addiction
Journal subject:
Substance-Related Disorders
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Add.16196
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