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. 2022 May 9;12:7596. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11680-0

Table 4.

Hospital-admitted patient outcomes based on PPI Use* (n = 1,040).

Active PPI use (n = 286) Past PPI use (n = 54) No PPI use (n = 700) p-value*****

COVID-related admission

(n,%)

228/286 (79.7%) 40/53 (75.5%) 583/695 (83.9%) .11

Length of stay, days

(median, range)

6 (1–45) 5 (1–56) 5 (1–91) .02

ICU admission**

(n,%)

77/277 (27.8%) 20/48 (41.7%) 198/655 (30.2%) .03

Oxygen use

(n,%)

Mechanical ventilation: 41 (14.3%)

BPAP: 2 (0.7%)

Supplemental: 173 (60.5%)

None: 70 (24.5%)

Mechanical ventilation: 11 (20.4%)

BPAP: 0

Supplemental: 29 (53.7%)

None: 14 (25.9%)

Mechanical ventilation: 91 (13%)

BPAP: 4 (0.6%)

Supplemental: 435 (62.1%)

None: 170 (24.3%)

.79

Diabetes

(n,%)

156 (54.5%) 31 (57.4%) 311 (44.4%) .006

COPD*

(n,%)

98 (34.3%) 15 (27.8%) 114 (16.3%) < .0001

Cardiovascular disease***

(n,%)

177 (61.9%) 39 (72.2%) 232 (33.1%) < .0001

Kidney disease

(n,%)

136 (47.6%) 25 (46.3%) 190 (27.1%) < .0001

Cancer

(n,%)

74 (25.9%) 12 (22.2%) 91 (13%) < .0001

Obesity****

(n,%)

166 (58%) 26 (48.1%) 311 (44.4%) < .0001

Organ Transplant

(n,%)

6 (2.1%) 2 (3.7%) 8 (1.1%) .23

Sickle cell anemia

(n,%)

1 (0.3%) 0 3 (0.4%) N/A

*PPI Proton pump inhibitor, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

**Denominators are reduced due to “N/A” responses for certain patients.

***Cardiovascular disease is a composite of cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease.

****Defined as BMI > 30 kg/m2.

*****Based on separate chi square or Kruskal Wallis tests, as appropriate; “N/A” indicates insufficient sample sizes for statistical compari.