Participants
A total of 198 COVID-19 patients with hypertension were enrolled. Among these patients, 103 (52%) were women. The median (interquartile range [IQR]) age of patients was 65 (56, 73) years, with a length of hospital stay of 14 (9, 21) days, and an overall follow-up of 38 (29, 53) days. There were 74 (37.4%) patients who were on ACEI [16(8%)] or ARB [58(29.3%)] treatment. Of these patients, 87 (43.9%) were severely ill, 69 (34.8%) patients developed ARDS, and 22 (11.1%) died. The characteristics of patients are summarized in Table 1 .