TY - JOUR
T1 - Symptoms COVID 19 Positive Vapers Compared to COVID 19 Positive Non-vapers
AU - McFadden, David D.
AU - Bornstein, Shari L.
AU - Vassallo, Robert
AU - Salonen, Bradley R.
AU - Bhuiyan, Mohammed Nadir
AU - Schroeder, Darrell R.
AU - Croghan, Ivana T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess and describe the severity of symptoms reported by Covid-19 positive patients who vaped (smoked e-cigarettes) when compared to those who did not vape or smoke at the time of the diagnosis of Covid-19. Methods: Patients from this study are from a well-characterized patient cohort collected at Mayo Clinic between March 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021; with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis defined as a positive result on reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assays from nasopharyngeal swab specimens. Among the 1734 eligible patients, 289 patients reported current vaping. The cohort of vapers (N = 289) was age and gender matched to 1445 covid-19 positive patients who did not vape. The data analyzed included: date of birth, gender, ethnicity, race, marital status, as well as lifestyle history such as vaping and smoking and reported covid-19 symptoms experienced. Results: A logistic regression analysis was performed separately for each symptom using generalized estimating equations (GEE) with robust variance estimates in order to account for the 1:5 age, sex, and race matched set study design. Patients who vaped and developed Covid-19 infection were more likely to have chest pain or tightness (16% vs 10%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.005), chills (25% vs 19%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.0016), myalgia (39% vs 32%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.004), headaches (49% vs 41% vapers vs non vapers, P =.026), anosmia/dysgeusia (37% vs 30%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.009), nausea/vomiting/abdominal pain (16% vs 10%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.003), diarrhea (16% vs 10%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.004), and non-severe light-headedness (16% vs 9%, vapers vs non vapers, P <.001). Conclusion: Vapers experience higher frequency of covid-19 related symptoms when compared with age and gender matched non-vapers. Further work should examine the impact vaping has on post-covid symptom experience.
AB - Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess and describe the severity of symptoms reported by Covid-19 positive patients who vaped (smoked e-cigarettes) when compared to those who did not vape or smoke at the time of the diagnosis of Covid-19. Methods: Patients from this study are from a well-characterized patient cohort collected at Mayo Clinic between March 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021; with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis defined as a positive result on reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assays from nasopharyngeal swab specimens. Among the 1734 eligible patients, 289 patients reported current vaping. The cohort of vapers (N = 289) was age and gender matched to 1445 covid-19 positive patients who did not vape. The data analyzed included: date of birth, gender, ethnicity, race, marital status, as well as lifestyle history such as vaping and smoking and reported covid-19 symptoms experienced. Results: A logistic regression analysis was performed separately for each symptom using generalized estimating equations (GEE) with robust variance estimates in order to account for the 1:5 age, sex, and race matched set study design. Patients who vaped and developed Covid-19 infection were more likely to have chest pain or tightness (16% vs 10%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.005), chills (25% vs 19%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.0016), myalgia (39% vs 32%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.004), headaches (49% vs 41% vapers vs non vapers, P =.026), anosmia/dysgeusia (37% vs 30%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.009), nausea/vomiting/abdominal pain (16% vs 10%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.003), diarrhea (16% vs 10%, vapers vs non vapers, P =.004), and non-severe light-headedness (16% vs 9%, vapers vs non vapers, P <.001). Conclusion: Vapers experience higher frequency of covid-19 related symptoms when compared with age and gender matched non-vapers. Further work should examine the impact vaping has on post-covid symptom experience.
KW - covid-19
KW - e-cigarettes
KW - vaping
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U2 - 10.1177/21501319211062672
DO - 10.1177/21501319211062672
M3 - Article
C2 - 34986700
AN - SCOPUS:85122377881
SN - 2150-1319
VL - 13
JO - Journal of Primary Care and Community Health
JF - Journal of Primary Care and Community Health
ER -