Varatharajan S, Bohra GK, Bhatia PK, Khichar S, Meena M, Palanisamy N, Gaur A, Garg MK. Outcome of COVID-19 infection in patients on antihypertensives: A cross-sectional study. World J Crit Care Med 2024; 13(3): 96882 [PMID: 39253317 DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v13.i3.96882]
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Sakthivadivel Varatharajan, MD, Additional Professor, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Hyderabad 508126, Telangana, India. vsakthivadivel28@gmail.com
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Infectious Diseases
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Observational Study
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Table 5 Performance criteria of the duration of antihypertensive therapy in discriminating the outcome of coronavirus disease 2019
Parameter
AUC (95%CI)
Sensitivity
Specificity
Cut of value of years
P value
Duration of antihypertensive therapy
0.670 (0.574-0.767)
70.8
55.7
4.5
0.007
Citation: Varatharajan S, Bohra GK, Bhatia PK, Khichar S, Meena M, Palanisamy N, Gaur A, Garg MK. Outcome of COVID-19 infection in patients on antihypertensives: A cross-sectional study. World J Crit Care Med 2024; 13(3): 96882