Calcium channel blockers may reduce the development of long COVID in females

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With the rising numbers of patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-a sequelae of COVID-19-has become a major problem. Different sexes and age groups develop different long COVID symptoms, and the risk factors for long COVID remain unclear. Therefore, we performed subgroup analyses of patients with COVID-19, classifying them into different groups. In this multicenter cohort study, using an original questionnaire, we examined patients (≥18 years old) diagnosed with COVID-19 from November 2020 to March 2022 and hospitalized at participating medical facilities. In total, 1066 patients were registered (361 female, 620 male). Hypertension was the most common comorbidity (n = 344; 32.5%). Females with hypertension were significantly less likely to develop long COVID symptoms than those without hypertension (odds ratio [OR] 0.51, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.27-0.98; p = 0.043). In females, Ca channel blocker administration, rather than having hypertension, was significantly associated with reductions in the frequency of alopecia (OR 0.14, 95% CI 0.03-0.67, p = 0.015), memory impairment (OR 0.14, 95% CI 0.02-0.82, p = 0.029), sleeping disorders (OR 0.17, 95% CI 0.04-0.67, p = 0.012), tinnitus (OR 0.23, 95% CI 0.05-0.98, p = 0.047), sputum (OR 0.31, 95% CI 0.10-0.92, p = 0.035), and fever (OR 0.33, 95% CI 0.12-0.93, p = 0.036). Several long COVID symptoms, including alopecia, were significantly negatively associated with Ca channel-blocker administration in female patients with long COVID. Calcium channel blockers may reduce the development of long COVID in females.

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CommentIn: Hypertens Res. 2024 Jan 31;:. - PMID 38297181

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 47(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 934-943

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ozawa, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Ryusei [VerfasserIn]
Terai, Hideki [VerfasserIn]
Takemura, Ryo [VerfasserIn]
Namkoong, Ho [VerfasserIn]
Kondo, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Fukuda, Keitaro [VerfasserIn]
Yagi, Kazuma [VerfasserIn]
Asakura, Takanori [VerfasserIn]
Masaki, Katsunori [VerfasserIn]
Chubachi, Shotaro [VerfasserIn]
Miyata, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Ohgino, Keiko [VerfasserIn]
Kawada, Ichiro [VerfasserIn]
Kagyo, Junko [VerfasserIn]
Odani, Toshio [VerfasserIn]
Kuwahara, Naota [VerfasserIn]
Nakachi, Ichiro [VerfasserIn]
Ishii, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Yasunori [VerfasserIn]
Fukunaga, Koichi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antihypertensive drug
COVID-19
Calcium Channel Blockers
Hypertension
Journal Article
Long COVID
Multicenter Study
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 23.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Hypertens Res. 2024 Jan 31;:. - PMID 38297181

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41440-023-01501-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364697660