Journal article
The association between blood pressure control and Coronavirus Disease 2019 outcomes in 45,418 symptomatic patients with hypertension: An observational cohort study
- Abstract:
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Hypertension has been identified as a risk factor for COVID-19 and associated adverse outcomes. This study examined the association between pre-infection blood pressure (BP) control and COVID-19 outcomes using data from 460 general practices in England. Eligible patients were adults with hypertension who were tested or diagnosed with COVID-19. BP control was defined by the most recent reading within 24months of the index date (01/01/2020). BP was defined as controlled (<130/80mmHg), raised (1...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- American Heart Association Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Hypertension Journal website
- Volume:
- 77
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 846-855
- Publication date:
- 2020-12-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-12-14
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1524-4563
- ISSN:
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0194-911X
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1150072
- Local pid:
- pubs:1150072
- Deposit date:
- 2020-12-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Shepard et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © 2020 The Authors. Hypertension is published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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