Arterial hypertension and the risk of severity and mortality of COVID-19

C. E. Leiva Sisnieguez, W. G. Espeche, M. R. Salazar
2020 European Respiratory Journal  
We read with great interest the recently published study by GUAN et al. [1]. To the best of our knowledge this is the first large-scale study that focuses on independent clinical risk factors associated with a composite outcome (death, use of a ventilator, or intensive care unit (ICU) requirement), using a Cox regression model.
doi:10.1183/13993003.01148-2020 pmid:32398296 fatcat:7yoll6kvdrhhfmtwdy2umx2oua