Use of distinct anti‐hypertensive drugs and risk for COVID‐19 among hypertensive people: A population‐based cohort study in Southern Catalonia, Spain
Angel Vila‐corcoles, Eva Satue‐gracia, Olga Ochoa‐gondar, Cristina Torrente‐fraga, Frederic Gomez‐bertomeu, Angel Vila‐rovira, Imma Hospital‐guardiola, Cinta De Diego‐cabanes, Ferran Bejarano‐romero, Dolors Rovira‐veciana, Josep Basora‐gallisa
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, doi:10.1111/jch.13948
The use of some anti-hypertensive drugs in the current COVID-19 pandemic has become controversial. This study investigated possible relationships between antihypertensive medications use and COVID-19 infection risk in the ambulatory hypertensive population. This is a population-based retrospective cohort study involving 34 936 hypertensive adults >50 years in Tarragona (Southern Catalonia, Spain)
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E TH I C S A PPROVA L A N D CO N S E NT TO PA RTI CI PATE The study was approved by the ethical committee of the Institution (ethic committee IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, file 20/065-PCV) and was conducted in accordance with the general principles for observational studies. Given this is a non-interventional study, an informed consent for all 2 025 730 study participants was not required. Data were anonymized, and risk of identification was null.
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'current COVID‐19 pandemic has become controversial. This study investigated possible '
'relationships between anti‐hypertensive medications use and COVID‐19 infection risk in the '
'ambulatory hypertensive population. This is a population‐based retrospective cohort study '
'involving 34\xa0936 hypertensive adults >50\xa0years in Tarragona (Southern Catalonia, '
'Spain) who were retrospectively followed through pandemic period (from 01/03/2020 to '
'30/04/2020). Two data sets including demographic/clinical characteristics (comorbidities and '
'cardiovascular medications use) and laboratory PCR codes for COVID‐19 were linked to '
'construct an anonymized research database. Cox regression was used to calculate multivariable '
'hazard ratios (HRs) and estimate the risk of suffering COVID‐19 infection. Across study '
'period, 205 PCR‐confirmed COVID‐19 cases were observed, which means an overall incidence of '
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'with an almost statistically significant reduction risk (HR: 0.67; 95% CI: 0.44‐1.01; '
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'renin‐angiotensin‐aldosterone system inhibitors does not predispose for suffering COVID‐19 '
'infection in ambulatory hypertensive people. Conversely, receiving angiotensin II receptor '
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