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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 Born
Published 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.
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