9/4 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis study (treated before exposed to the virus)
et al., Medicina, doi:10.3390/medicina57090931 (Peer Reviewed)
Aspirin Is Related to Worse Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19
Aspirin Is Related to Worse Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19
Retrospective database analysis of 22,660 patients tested for COVID-19 in South Korea. There was no significant difference in cases according to aspirin use. Aspirin use before COVID-19 was related to an increased death rate and aspirin use after COVID-19 was related to a higher risk of oxygen therapy.
Kim et al., 9/4/2021, retrospective, propensity score matching, South Korea, Asia, peer-reviewed, 7 authors.
risk of death, 700.0% higher, RR 8.00, p = 0.03, treatment 6 of 15 (40.0%), control 1 of 20 (5.0%), PSM, prior aspirin use.
risk of mechanical ventilation, 433.3% higher, RR 5.33, p = 0.14, treatment 4 of 15 (26.7%), control 1 of 20 (5.0%), PSM, prior aspirin use.
risk of ICU admission, 433.3% higher, RR 5.33, p = 0.14, treatment 4 of 15 (26.7%), control 1 of 20 (5.0%), PSM, prior aspirin use.
risk of COVID-19 case, 33.4% lower, RR 0.67, p = 0.23, treatment 15 of 136 (11.0%), control 20 of 136 (14.7%), adjusted per study, odds ratio converted to relative risk, PSM, logistic regression, prior aspirin use.
risk of death, 33.7% lower, RR 0.66, p = 0.22, treatment 14 of 124 (11.3%), control 23 of 135 (17.0%), PSM, aspirin treatment after diagnosis.
risk of mechanical ventilation, 102.2% higher, RR 2.02, p = 0.16, treatment 13 of 124 (10.5%), control 7 of 135 (5.2%), PSM, aspirin treatment after diagnosis.
risk of ICU admission, 90.5% higher, RR 1.91, p = 0.36, treatment 7 of 124 (5.6%), control 4 of 135 (3.0%), PSM, aspirin treatment after diagnosis.
Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules
prioritizing more serious outcomes. For an individual study the most serious
outcome may have a smaller number of events and lower statistical signficance,
however this provides the strongest evidence for the most serious outcomes
when combining the results of many trials.
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