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. 2020 Jul;81(1):e84-e86.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.059. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Arterial hypertension and risk of death in patients with COVID-19 infection: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Marco Zuin  1 , Gianluca Rigatelli  2 , Giovanni Zuliani  3 , Alberto Rigatelli  4 , Alberto Mazza  5 , Loris Roncon  6
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Arterial hypertension and risk of death in patients with COVID-19 infection: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Marco Zuin et al. J Infect. 2020 Jul.
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Keywords: Arterial hypertension; COVID-19; Mortality.

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Declaration of Competing of Interest None of the authors have conflicts of interest to declare.

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Flow diagram of selected studies for the meta-analysis according to the Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA).
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Forrest plots of primary outcome: all‐cause mortality among COVID-19 patients with and without arterial hypertension. HT: Arterial hypertension
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