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cord-339919-4ko4lwjz	Cook, T. M.	The importance of hypertension as a risk factor for severe illness and mortality in COVID‐19	2020-05-09		.txt	text/plain	670	47	44	Reviewing the literature that reports rates of hypertension amongst included patients indicates a consistent association with more severe disease and increased mortality. It is difficult from individual reports to determine whether hypertension is a risk factor for development of symptomatic disease or hospitalisation or for more severe disease. It is difficult from individual reports to determine whether hypertension is a risk factor for development of symptomatic disease or hospitalisation or for more severe disease. Hypertension is included in many reports as a 'risk factor' for COVID-19 but there has been a lack of clarity as to whether this means risk factor for acquiring the disease, the severity of disease or for poor outcomes. The association of hypertension with its potential microvascular disease, with more severe disease and poor outcomes from COVID-19, is therefore an important consideration. Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia in Wuhan Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study	./cache/cord-339919-4ko4lwjz.txt	./txt/cord-339919-4ko4lwjz.txt