This study aimed to investigate whether specific medications used in the treatment chronic diseases affected either the development and/ or severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a cohort of 610 COVID-19 cases and 48,667 population-based controls from Zhejiang, China. Using a cohort of 578 COVID-19 cases and 48,667 populationbased controls from Zhejiang, China, we tested the role of usage of cardiovascular, antidiabetic, and other medications on risk and severity of COVID-19. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, and body mass index and for presence of relevant comorbidities. Individuals with hypertension taking calcium channel blockers had significantly increased risk (odds ratio (OR) = 1.73, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2-2.3) of manifesting symptoms of COVID-19, whereas those taking angiotensin receptor blockers and diuretics had significantly lower disease risk (OR = 0.22, 95% CI 0.15-0.30 and OR = 0.30, 95% CI 0.19-0.58, respectively). Among those with type 2 diabetes, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (OR = 6.02, 95% CI 2.3-15.5) and insulin (OR = 2.71, 95% CI 1.6-5.5) were more and glucosidase inhibitors were less prevalent (OR = 0.11, 95% CI 0.1-0.3) among with patients with COVID-19. Drugs used in the treatment of hypertension and diabetes influence the risk of development of COVID-19, but, not its severity.
Targeted design of
organic semiconductors in organic spintronics
is relatively limited. Therefore, four conjugated polymers with analogous
structures based on isoindigo (IID) units were designed and synthesized
to investigate the structure–property relationships in spin
and charge carrier transport. Structural design strategies include
introduction of pyridinic nitrogen atoms into IID units to change
electronic structures and alteration of different branching points
of alkyl chains to adjust the aggregation structure. By fabricating
polymer field-effect transistors (PFETs) and organic spin valves (OSVs),
all of the polymers exhibited good ambipolar field-effect properties
(all of the mobilities exceeding 0.3 cm2 V–1 s–1) and relatively high magnetoresistance (MR)
values (maximum up to 25%). Most importantly, it is found that the
introduction of pyridinic nitrogen into the IID units can improve
MR values of OSVs and electron mobilities of PFETs, whereas the extension
of alkyl chain branching points can reduce MR values of the conjugated
polymers. This work is the first attempt to thoroughly study the structure–property
relationship in the OSVs, combined with molecular design of the conjugated
polymers, which provides a guideline for molecular engineering, especially
for organic spintronics.
Background. Medical editorials have suggested that angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) should not be given to people with arterial hypertension during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic because of a potential increased risk of worse clinical outcomes and that calcium channel blockers (CCBs) should be used as an alternative.Methods Using a cohort of 610 COVID-19 cases and 48,667 population-based controls from Zheijang, China we have tested the role of usage of ACEIs, ARBs, CCBs and other medications on risk and severity of COVID 19. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex and BMI and for presence of relevant comorbidities.
Findings:Higher BMI, diabetes and cardio/ cerebrovascular disease are independent risk factors for the development of COVID-19. Individuals with hypertension taking CCBs had significantly increased risk [odds ratio (OR)= 1.67 (95% CI 1.2-2.9)) of manifesting symptoms of COVID-19 whereas those taking ARBs and diuretics had significantly lower disease risk (OR=0.24; 95%CI 0.17-0.34 and OR=0.32; 95%CI 0.19-0.57 respectively). Other antihypertensive drugs were not associated with increased . CC-BY-ND 4.0 International license It is made available under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. (which was not certified by peer review)
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