Increased blood pressure after nonsevere COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various sequelae have been described after nonsevere coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but knowledge on postacute effects on blood pressure is limited.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional analysis of blood pressure profiles in individuals after nonsevere COVID-19 compared with matched population-based individuals without prior COVID-19. Data were derived from the ongoing and prospective Hamburg City Health Study, a population-based study in Hamburg, Germany, and its associated COVID-19 program, which included individuals at least 4 months after COVID-19. Matching was performed by age, sex, education, and preexisting hypertension in a 1 : 4 ratio.

Results

Four hundred and thirty-two individuals after COVID-19 (mean age 56.1 years) were matched to 1728 contr

SUBMITTER: Schmidt-Lauber C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10552808 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature