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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2021 Feb 1;8(4)
fab057.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab057. eCollection 2021 Apr.
Comparison of All-Cause Mortality Between Individuals With COVID-19 and Propensity Score-Matched Individuals Without COVID-19 in South Korea
Tak Kyu Oh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], In-Ae Song[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyoung-Ho Song[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Young-Tae Jeon[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Background: We compared all-cause mortality between individuals in South Korea with and without coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using propensity score (PS) matching.
Methods: This population-based cohort study used data from the National Health Insurance Service COVID-19 cohort database. In the database, we included individuals (COVID-19 patients, control population, and test-negative individuals) aged 20 years or older, regardless of hospitalization. The primary end point was all-cause mortality between January 1, 2020, and August 27, 2020.
Results: A total of 328 374 adults were included in the study: 7713 and 320 660 in the COVID-19 group and the control group. After PS matching, a total of 15 426 individuals (7713 per group) were included in the analysis. All-cause mortality was 3.2% (248/7713) and 1.6% (126/7713) in the COVID-19 group and the control group, respectively. In Cox regression analysis after PS matching, the risk of death in the COVID-19 group was twice as high (hazard ratio, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.61-2.48; P < .001) as that in the control group. Among patients aged ?60 years, the COVID-19 group had a 2.32-fold higher all-cause mortality compared with the control group, while statistically significant differences were not observed in the age groups 20-39 years (P = .339) and 40-59 years (P = .562).
Conclusions: In South Korea, all-cause mortality was twice as high among individuals with COVID-19 as among those with similar underlying risks, primarily because of the elevated COVID-19-associated mortality in those aged ?60 years. Our results highlight the need for prevention of COVID-19 with respect to mortality as a public health outcome.
Keywords: infections; population; public health; viruses.
. 2021 Feb 1;8(4)
fab057.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab057. eCollection 2021 Apr.
Comparison of All-Cause Mortality Between Individuals With COVID-19 and Propensity Score-Matched Individuals Without COVID-19 in South Korea
Tak Kyu Oh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], In-Ae Song[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyoung-Ho Song[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Young-Tae Jeon[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33937433
- PMCID: PMC7928610
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab057
Abstract
Background: We compared all-cause mortality between individuals in South Korea with and without coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using propensity score (PS) matching.
Methods: This population-based cohort study used data from the National Health Insurance Service COVID-19 cohort database. In the database, we included individuals (COVID-19 patients, control population, and test-negative individuals) aged 20 years or older, regardless of hospitalization. The primary end point was all-cause mortality between January 1, 2020, and August 27, 2020.
Results: A total of 328 374 adults were included in the study: 7713 and 320 660 in the COVID-19 group and the control group. After PS matching, a total of 15 426 individuals (7713 per group) were included in the analysis. All-cause mortality was 3.2% (248/7713) and 1.6% (126/7713) in the COVID-19 group and the control group, respectively. In Cox regression analysis after PS matching, the risk of death in the COVID-19 group was twice as high (hazard ratio, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.61-2.48; P < .001) as that in the control group. Among patients aged ?60 years, the COVID-19 group had a 2.32-fold higher all-cause mortality compared with the control group, while statistically significant differences were not observed in the age groups 20-39 years (P = .339) and 40-59 years (P = .562).
Conclusions: In South Korea, all-cause mortality was twice as high among individuals with COVID-19 as among those with similar underlying risks, primarily because of the elevated COVID-19-associated mortality in those aged ?60 years. Our results highlight the need for prevention of COVID-19 with respect to mortality as a public health outcome.
Keywords: infections; population; public health; viruses.