Research Article

Risk Factors for COVID-19 in Patients with Hypertension

Table 3

Antihypertensive treatments of patients with COVID-19 and hypertension.

All (n = 151)Nonsevere patients (n = 106)Severe patients (n = 45) value

Classification of etiology
 Primary149 (98.7)104 (98.1)45 (100)0.881
 Secondary2 (1.3)2 (1.9)0

Duration of hypertension, median (IQR), years10 (6–20)10 (6–13)15 (9–22.5)0.065
Grade
 111 (7.3)10 (9.4)1 (2.2)0.175
 234 (22.5)21 (19.8)13 (28.9)0.222
 320 (13.2)15 (14.2)5 (11.1)0.614
 Unknown88 (58.3)60 (56.6)28 (62.2)0.522

Antihypertensive therapies previously
 CCBs85 (56.3)61 (57.5)24 (53.3)0.094
 ACEIs/ARBs30 (19.9)26 (24.5)4 (8.9)0.031
 ACEIs9 (6.0)6 (5.7)3 (6.7)0.811
 ARBs21 (13.9)20 (18.9)1 (2.2)0.007
β-Blockers19 (12.6)15 (14.2)4 (8.9)0.373
 Anticoagulant drugs16 (10.6)13 (12.3)3 (6.7)0.238
 Statins10 (6.6)7 (6.6)3 (6.7)0.988
 None19 (12.6)12 (11.3)7 (15.6)0.473
 Diuretics7 (4.6)4 (3.8)3 (6.7)0.426
 Unknown14 (9.3)9 (8.5)5 (11.1)0.76

IQR: interquartile range; CCBs: calcium channel blockers; ACEIs: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; ARBs: angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers; anticoagulant drugs: aspirin or clopidogrel.