Cardiovascular risk factors and COVID-19 outcomes in hospitalised patients: a prospective cohort study.
Didier CollardNick S NurmohamedYannick KaiserLaurens F ReeskampTom DormansHazra MoeniralamSuat SimsekRenee DoumaAnnet EerensAuke C ReidingaPaul W G ElbersMartijn BeudelLiffert VogtErik S G StroesBert-Jan H Van Den BornPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
The accumulation of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes leads to a stepwise increased risk for short-term mortality in hospitalised COVID-19 patients independent of age and sex. Further studies investigating how these risk factors disproportionately affect COVID-19 patients are warranted.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular risk factors
- sars cov
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- coronavirus disease
- type diabetes
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- glycemic control
- cardiovascular events
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- case control