Sarcopenic patients “get even”: The impact of COVID-19 vaccination on mortality

In-hospital and long-term all-cause mortality in 75 years and older hospitalized patients with and without COVID-19

“…Moreover, although this study was performed before the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, our findings are still relevant because of the relative high rate of unvaccinated individuals. In particular, in Italy has been estimated that about 5% of over 80 years old individuals did never receive any COVID-19 vaccine inoculation 23 whereas vaccination had an important impact in reducing mortality among frail older patients with COVID-19, even during hospitalization especially if affected by sarcopenia 24 . The main flaw of this study is the limited number of participants; however, we attempted to overcome this limitation by propensity score-matching the two study groups to ensure they were equivalent in terms of age and health status.…”