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Table 1 General characteristics of enrolled patients

From: Comparison of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors with other antihypertensives in association with coronavirus disease-19 clinical outcomes

Study

Study design

Comorbidity

Drug class

Survivors

Non-survivors

Total (survivors + non-survivors)

% poor outcome per drug class

Zhang et al., 2020 [6]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

181

7

188

3.7%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

848

92

940

9.8%

IP et al., 2020 [19]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

323

137

460

29.8%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

407

262

669

39.2%

Khera et al., 2020 [20]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEIs

2,042

319

2,361

13.5%

ARBs

1,881

345

2,226

15.5%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

2,880

466

3,346

13.9%

Richardson et al., 2020 [21]

Case series

HTN

ACEIs

113

55

168

32.7%

ARBs

170

75

245

30.6%

Tan et al., 2020 [22]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

29

0

29

0.0%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

46

11

57

19.3%

Andrea et al., 2020 [23]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, HF, CAD, DM, CKD

ACEIs

21

14

35

40.0%

ARBs

26

7

33

21.2%

BBs

29

21

50

42.0%

CCBs

16

9

25

36.0%

Thiazides

12

4

16

25.0%

Xian Zhou et al., 2020 [24]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, HF, CAD, DM, CKD

ACEIARB

13

2

15

13.3%

Non-ACE/ARB

16

5

21

23.8%

Feng Zhou et al., 2020 [5]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, CAD

ACEI/ARB

836

70

906

7.7%

Non-ACEI/ARB

1,540

272

1,812

15.0%

Pan et al., 2020 [25]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARB

37

4

41

9.8%

Non-ACE/ARB

178

63

241

26.1%

Cannata et al., 2020 [26]

Prospective cohort

Not mentioned

ACEI/ARB

49

7

56

12.5%

Non-ACE/ARB

185

39

224

17.4%

Lam et al., 2020 [27]

Prospective cohort

HTN, CAD, DM, CKD

ACEI/ARB

277

58

335

17.3%

Non-ACEI/ARB

217

62

279

22.2%

Selcuk et al., 2020 [28]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, HF, CAD, DM, CKD

ACEI/ARB

43

31

74

41.9%

Non-ACE/ARB

35

4

39

10.3%

Amat-Santos et al., 2020 [29]

Randomized clinical trial

HTN

ACEI/ARB

3

2

5

40.0%

Non-ACE/ARB

4

2

6

33.3%

Felice et al., 2020 [30]

Prospective cohort

HTN

ACEIs

32

8

40

20.0%

ARBs

35

7

42

16.7%

Study

Study design

Comorbidity

Drug class

Non severe COVID-19

Severe COVID-19

Total (severe and non-severe COVID-19)

% severe COVID-19 per drug class

Reynolds et al., 2020 [7]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEIs

445

139

584

23.8%

ARBs

468

161

629

25.6%

BBs

582

210

792

26.5%

CCBs

697

253

950

26.6%

Thiazides

399

116

515

22.5%

Li et al., 2020 [8]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEIs

9

3

12

25.0%

ARBs

13

11

24

45.8%

BBs

6

8

14

57.1%

CCBs

89

79

168

47.0%

Feng et al., 2020 [31]

Prospective cohort

HTN

ACEIs

7

1

8

12.5%

ARBs

23

4

27

14.8%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

35

27

62

43.6%

Yang et al., 2020 [32]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

28

15

43

34.9%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

48

35

83

42.2%

Meng et al., 2020 [9]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

13

4

17

23.5%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

13

12

25

48.0%

Gao et al., 2020 [33]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

109

74

183

40.4%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

348

179

527

34.0%

Hu et al., 2020 [34]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

37

28

65

43.1%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

51

33

84

39.3%

Liu et al., 2020 [35]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEIs

1

1

2

50.0%

ARBs

7

3

10

30.0%

BBs

4

3

7

42.9%

CCBs

8

18

26

69.2%

Thiazides

3

0

3

0.0%

Zeng et al., 2020 [36]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

13

15

28

53.6%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

32

15

47

31.9%

Bravi et al., 2020 [37]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEIs

107

144

251

57.4%

ARBs

86

142

228

62.3%

Dauchet et al., 2020 [38]

Retrospective cohort

CVD

ACEIs

14

13

27

48.2%

ARBs

8

21

29

72.4%

Feng Zhichao et al., 2020 [39]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

15

1

16

6.3%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

33

16

49

32.7%

Mancia et al., 2020 [40]

Case control study

CVD

ACEIs

1,305

197

1,502

13.1%

ARBs

1,227

167

1,394

12.0%

BBs

1,556

270

1,826

14.8%

CCBs

1,230

216

1,446

14.9%

Thiazides

991

113

1,104

10.2%

Yan et al., 2020 [41]

Case control study

CVD

ACEIs

4

14

18

77.8%

ARBs

58

93

151

61.6%

BBs

9

47

56

83.9%

CCBs

230

158

388

40.7%

Thiazides

14

21

35

60.0%

Senkal et al., 2020 [42]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, HF, CAD, DM, CKD

ACEIs

41

11

52

21.2%

ARBs

36

16

52

30.8%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

30

22

52

42.3%

Liabeuf et al., 2020 [43]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, HF, CAD, DM, CKD

ACEI/ARBs

44

52

96

54.2%

BBs

36

37

73

50.7%

CCBs

30

27

57

47.4%

Thiazides

28

30

58

51.7%

Sardu et al., 2020 [44]

Prospective cohort

HTN

ACEIs

14

10

24

41.7%

ARBs

12

9

21

42.9%

CCBs

10

7

17

41.2%

Xiulan Liu et al., 2020 [45]

Retrospective cohort

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

20

18

38

47.4%

CCBs

22

16

38

42.1%

Lopez-Otero et al., 2020 [46]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, CAD, DM

ACEIs

23

6

29

20.7%

ARBs

43

7

50

14.0%

Golpe et al., 2020 [47]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, HF, CAD, DM, CKD

ACEIs

20

12

32

37.5%

ARBs

53

36

89

40.5%

BBs

24

23

47

48.9%

CCBs

21

23

44

52.3%

Thiazides

36

30

66

45.5%

Xu et al., 2020 [48]

Retrospective cohort

HTN, HF, CAD, DM, CKD

ACEI/ARBs

29

11

40

27.5%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

45

16

61

26.2%

Choi et al., 2020 [49]

Case control study

HTN

ACEI/ARBs

859

33

892

3.7%

Non-ACEI/ARBs

384

44

428

10.3%

Total

   

24,759

6,036

30,795

19.6%

  1. Abbreviations: ACEI angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARBs angiotensin-II receptor blockers, BBs beta-blockers, CAD coronary artery disease, CCBs calcium channel blockers, CKD chronic kidney disease, CVD cardiovascular diseases, DM diabetes, HF heart failure, HTN hypertension