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Eugene Merzon1,2, Margaret D Weiss3, Samuele Cortese4,5,6,7,8
1Leumit HMO, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Objective:
Patients with ADHD are at increased risk of acquiring COVID-19. The present study assessed the possibility that ADHD also increases the risk of severe COVID-19 infection.
Method:
We assessed 1,870 COVID-19 positive patients, aged 5 to 60 years, registered in the database of Leumit Health Services (LHS, Israel), February to -June 2020, of whom 231 with ADHD. Logistic regression analysis models evaluated the association between ADHD and the dependent variables of being symptomatic/referral to hospitalization, controlling for demographic and medical variables.
Results:
Age, male sex, and BMI were confirmed to be significant risk factors for increased COVID-19 severity. ADHD was found to be associated with increased severity of COVID-19 symptoms (OR = 1.81, 95% CI [1.29, 2.52], p < .05) and referral to hospitalization (OR =1.93, 95% CI [1.06, 3.51], p = .03).
Conclusion:
ADHD is associated with poorer outcomes in COVID-19 infection.
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