Primary hypertension, anti-hypertensive medications and the risk of severe COVID-19 in UK Biobank.

Primary hypertension, anti-hypertensive medications and the risk of severe COVID-19 in UK Biobank.

Hypertension appears to be one of the commonest comorbidities in COVID-19 patients, although whether hypertensive individuals have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 compared with non-hypertensives is unclear. It is also unclear whether the absolute level of systolic blood pressure, or the type of ant...

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Main Authors: Holly Pavey, Spoorthy Kulkarni, Angela Wood, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Peter Sever, Carmel McEniery, Ian Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276781

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276781

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