Cardiovascular risk factors and COVID-19 outcomes in hospitalised patients: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recent reports suggest a high prevalence of hypertension and diabetes in COVID-19 patients, but the role of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in the clinical course of COVID-19 is unknown. We evaluated the time-to-event relationship between hypertension, dyslipidaemia, diabetes and COVID-19 outcomes.

Design

We analysed data from the prospective Dutch CovidPredict cohort, an ongoing prospective study of patients admitted for COVID-19 infection.

Setting

Patients from eight participating hospitals, including two university hospitals from the CovidPredict cohort were included.

Participants

Admitted, adult patients with a positive COVID-19 PCR or high suspicion based on CT-imaging of the thorax. Patients were followed for major outcomes during the

SUBMITTER: Collard D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7902321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature