Erschienen in:
27.08.2023 | Letter to the Editor
Risk of Arterial Hypertension After COVID-19 Recovery
verfasst von:
Tomoyuki Kawada
Erschienen in:
High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention
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Ausgabe 5/2023
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Excerpt
I have read with interest a report by Zuin et al., who conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the risk of new-onset arterial hypertension (HT) in COVID-19 survivors over a mean follow-up of 6.8 months [
1]. The pooled hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval [CI]) of COVID-19 patients for new-onset HT was 1.70 (1.46–1.97). The HT risk was directly associated with age, female sex and cancer, and the follow-up length was a moderator on the association. I present comments regarding the study. …