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 .