Clinical outcomes in COVID-19 among patients with hypertension in the Philippine CORONA Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the association between hypertension and clinical outcomes in a cohort of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Thirty-seven (37) hospitals in the Philippines.

Patients

10,881 patients admitted for COVID-19 from February to December 2020.

Measurements and main results

Among the 10,881 patients included in the Philippine CORONA Study, 3647 (33.5%) had hypertension. On regression analysis adjusted for confounders (age group, sex, smoking history, diabetes, chronic cardiac disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic neurologic disease, chronic liver disease, HIV/AIDS, and malignancy), patients with hypertension had significantly greater odds of in-hospita

SUBMITTER: Espiritu AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894742 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature