Does Losartan reduce the severity of COVID-19 in hypertensive patients?
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
; 22(1): 116, 2022 03 19.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1745515
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
One of the global problems is to control the coronavirus epidemic, and the role of different medicines is still unknown to policymakers. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of losartan on the mortality rate of COVID-19 in hypertensive patients.METHODS:
The research sample of analytical study included 1458 patients presenting to COVID-19 diagnostic centers in Yazd that were examined in the first six months of 2020. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics as well as chi-square, Fisher's exact test, t test, and logistic regression.RESULTS:
Of 1458 subjects that were studied, 280 were hypertensive of whom 179 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 PCR. The results showed a lower chance of death by more than 5 times in hypertensive patients who used losartan (P = 0.003). Moreover, regarding the effect of losartan on the prevention of COVID-19 in hypertensive patients, it was found that this medicine played a protective role although this relationship was not statistically significant (P = 0.86).CONCLUSIONS:
The results showed that losartan reduced the chance of mortality in hypertensive patients. It is recommended that the effect of losartan and other blood pressure medicines on COVID-19 patients be investigated in larger studies as well as laboratory investigations.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
Journal subject:
Vascular Diseases
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Cardiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12872-022-02548-2
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