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. 2020 Oct 29;6:77. doi: 10.1038/s41421-020-00221-6

Table 2.

Association between antihypertensive use and disease severity of COVID-19 patients with hypertension comorbidity.

Unadjusted Adjusteda
Characteristics Total patients Mild Severe OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
All cases, n (%) 655 486 169
No use 69 (10.5) 44 (9.1) 25 (14.8) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
ARB 149 (22.7) 118 (24.3) 31 (18.3) 0.462 0.246–0.869 0.02 0.704 0.489–1.011 0.058
ACEI 44 (6.7) 35 (7.2) 9 (5.3) 0.453 0.187–1.093 0.094 0.678 0.457–1.01 0.054
Thiazide 38 (5.8) 28 (5.8) 10 (5.9) 0.629 0.263–1.505 0.39 0.82 0.611–1.102 0.188
BB 100 (15.3) 77 (15.8) 23 (13.6) 0.526 0.267–1.034 0.082 0.843 0.706–1.006 0.058
CCB 441 (67.3) 335 (68.9) 106 (62.7) 0.557 0.325–0.953 0.038 0.472 0.257–0.865 0.015
Older than 65 years, n (%) 318 209 109
No use 31 (9.7) 13 (6.2) 18 (16.5) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
ARB 78 (24.5) 56 (26.8) 22 (20.2) 0.284 0.119–0.675 0.005 0.655 0.397–1.081 0.098
ACEI 19 (6) 15 (7.2) 4 (3.7) 0.193 0.052–0.716 0.018 0.156 0.036–0.67 0.013
Thiazide 24 (7.5) 17 (8.1) 7 (6.4) 0.297 0.096–0.923 0.055 0.777 0.499–1.211 0.266
BB 54 (17) 38 (18.2) 16 (14.7) 0.304 0.121–0.765 0.012 0.807 0.64–1.017 0.069
CCB 214 (67.3) 148 (70.8) 66 (60.6) 0.322 0.149–0.696 0.004 0.287 0.114–0.723 0.008

aFully adjusted model includes the following covariates: age, gender, baseline of blood pressure (including SBP and DBP), and coexisting medical conditions (including chronic heart, lung, renal, liver, and cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer). Detailed information is shown in Supplementary Tables S7S8.