Blood Pressure

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People with hypertension are 22% more likely to experience severe COVID-19 symptoms than their peers whose blood pressure is in the normal range, according to a new study of data from the U.K. Biobank.

Adults with hypertension experienced a rise in blood pressure early in the pandemic — but not by as much as investigators expected, according to data from three large U.S. healthcare systems.