In the Research Letter titled “Association of Smoking and Cumulative Pack-Year Exposure With COVID-19 Outcomes in the Cleveland Clinic COVID-19 Registry,”1 published online January 25, 2021, there was an error in data reported in the Results section. For heavy smokers who were 1.89 times more likely to die following a coronavirus disease 2019 diagnosis, the correct 95% CI is 1.29 to 2.76. The article has been corrected online.
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KE, Zein
J, Hatipoğlu
U, Attaway
A. Association of smoking and cumulative pack-year exposure with COVID-19 outcomes in the Cleveland Clinic COVID-19 registry.
JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 25, 2021. doi:
10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.8360PubMedGoogle Scholar