Also Read: Study shows one in 20 people suffer long-term effects of Covid-19. Details here The study mentioned that patients suffering from cardiovascular disease were observed to have close to a 30 per cent higher mortality rate than critically ill COVID patients without the preexisting condition.
However, the relationship loses its significance when the patients have other risk factors like old age, sex, race, smoking, etc.
The study indicated that age, obesity and diabetes were much stronger predictors of death due to COVID. Also Read: Covid complications linked to 16,000 cancer deaths in US: Study "The fact that the association between cardiovascular disease and death was so heavily diminished when accounting for comorbidities suggests that cardiovascular risk factors rather than preexisting heart disease are the main contributors to in-hospital death in patients with severe COVID-19," said senior author Salim Hayek. Also Read: Covid-19 wave re-emerging in Europe?
Here's what ECDC and WHO said In the research, out of 5100 COVID patients, 1,174 had either preexisting coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, or atrial fibrillation.