Open AccessSmoking and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Author(s) -
Rainer TH,
Smit D,
Cameron P
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
hong kong journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-5407
pISSN - 1024-9079
DOI - 10.1177/102490790401100303
Subject(s) - medicine , severe acute respiratory syndrome , odds , odds ratio , respiratory system , emergency medicine , pediatrics , covid-19 , logistic regression , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In April 2003, rumours spread that smoking protected patients from developing SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). In a case‐control study of 447 patients who attended a SARS screening clinic, 63 patients were admitted with SARS. Although a higher proportion of SARS cases were non‐smokers than smokers, the adjusted odds of non‐smokers with SARS was 1.7 (p=0.54). There is no evidence that smoking protects patients from developing SARS.