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

Table 4.

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

Unadjusted Adjusteda
Characteristics Total patients Fatigue = 0 Fatigue = 1 OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Cohort C, n (%) 617 340 277
No use 59 (9.6) 26 (7.6) 33 (11.9) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
ARB 139 (22.5) 88 (25.9) 51 (18.4) 0.457 0.246–0.848 0.018 0.643 0.457–0.906 0.012
ACEI 43 (7) 22 (6.5) 21 (7.6) 0.752 0.342–1.655 0.549 0.956 0.709–1.289 0.768
Thiazide 34 (5.5) 24 (7.1) 10 (3.6) 0.328 0.134–0.807 0.018 0.817 0.61–1.095 0.177
BB 95 (15.4) 50 (14.7) 45 (16.2) 0.709 0.369–1.362 0.324 0.951 0.815–1.11 0.525
CCB 423 (68.6) 233 (68.5) 190 (68.6) 0.642 0.371–1.112 0.126 0.64 0.36–1.14 0.13
Older than 65 years from cohort C, n (%) 293 154 139
No use 26 (8.9) 10 (6.5) 16 (11.5) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
ARB 71 (24.2) 44 (28.6) 27 (19.4) 0.384 0.152–0.966 0.064 0.518 0.278–0.965 0.038
ACEI 19 (6.5) 9 (5.8) 10 (7.2) 0.694 0.210–2.301 0.761 0.671 0.374–1.204 0.181
Thiazide 22 (7.5) 15 (9.7) 7 (5) 0.292 0.088–0.964 0.049 0.637 0.382–1.06 0.083
BB 50 (17.1) 23 (14.9) 27 (19.4) 0.734 0.279–1.928 0.628 0.887 0.678–1.162 0.385
CCB 201 (68.6) 106 (68.8) 95 (68.3) 0.56 0.242–1.294 0.212 0.475 0.186–1.209 0.118

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).