COVID-19 induces greater difficulty in blood pressure control due to increased arterial stiffness.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 infection induces widespread endotheliitis, with long-term effects on the vascular system and arterial hypertension that are still under investigation. This study verified the possible correlation between COVID-19 infection and blood pressure control. In the multicenter study presented here, we enrolled 185 hypertensive patients with a positive nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 in the 6 months prior to the follow-up visit (Group 1, 90F, age 63.38 ± 10.29 years) and 97 hypertensive patients consistently negative for SARS-CoV-2 (Group 2, 49F, age 64.20 ± 10.79 years), overlapping in terms of age, sex, weight, and Body Mass Index (BMI). We evaluated the follow-up visit within 12 months (T1) and the one prior to the infection (T0). Group 2 had a higher percentage of patients with dys

SUBMITTER: Marozzi MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12672848 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature