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

Table 3.

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

Unadjusted Adjustedb
Characteristics Total patients Nonsevere = 0 Severea = 1 OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Cohort C, n (%) 617 525 92
No use 59 (9.6) 41 (7.8) 18 (19.6) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
ARB 139 (22.5) 127 (24.2) 12 (13) 0.215 0.096–0.484 <0.001 0.4 0.236–0.678 0.001
ACEI 43 (7) 37 (7) 6 (6.5) 0.369 0.132–1.03 0.061 0.785 0.522–1.179 0.243
Thiazide 34 (5.5) 30 (5.7) 4 (4.3) 0.304 0.093–0.99 0.046 0.702 0.454–1.086 0.112
BB 95 (15.4) 80 (15.2) 15 (16.3) 0.427 0.195–0.933 0.043 0.792 0.64–0.981 0.033
CCB 423 (68.6) 365 (69.5) 58 (63) 0.362 0.195–0.673 0.002 0.283 0.141–0.567 <0.001
Older than 65 years from cohort C, n (%) 293 238 55
No use 26 (8.9) 13 (5.5) 13 (23.6) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
ARB 71 (24.2) 62 (26.1) 9 (16.4) 0.145 0.051–0.41 <0.001 0.415 0.209–0.824 0.012
ACEI 19 (6.5) 17 (7.1) 2 (3.6) 0.118 0.022–0.615 0.009 0.406 0.142–1.159 0.092
Thiazide 22 (7.5) 20 (8.4) 2 (3.6) 0.1 0.019–0.518 0.004 0.341 0.091–1.284 0.112
BB 50 (17.1) 42 (17.6) 8 (14.5) 0.19 0.065–0.56 0.003 0.648 0.47–0.894 0.008
CCB 201 (68.6) 169 (71) 32 (58.2) 0.189 0.08–0.446 <0.001 0.166 0.058–0.48 0.001

aSPO2 <93% or respiratory rate 30 times/min.

bFully 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).