CNN —When it comes to developing high blood pressure, Covid-19 might play an outsized role, a new study says. Of the hospitalized Covid-19 patients, more than 1 in 5 developed hypertension during their time in the hospital, while actively infected with Covid-19, despite having no history of high blood pressure. However, in comparison with patients who were infected with the flu, Covid-19 patients had worse blood pressure outcomes. Covid-19 patients who had been hospitalized were 2.23 times as likely to develop high blood pressure as hospitalized influenza patients. But scientists are unsure how the Covid-19 virus might trigger new-onset high blood pressure.

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Persons: Covid, Dr, Tim Duong, Sanjay Gupta, ” Duong Organizations: CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CNN Health Locations: United States, Bronx, New York City, Covid