China
Retrospective cohort study
Medical records
113
confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University and the Shenzhen Third People's Hospital
the median age was 52 years, and 58.4% were male.
Not stated
0
Prolonged duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding
79
prolonged viral RNA shedding >=15 days after illness onset
Comorbidities
Hypertension
Concomitant hypertension
Not present
53
87
Present
23
26
Odds ratio
3.940 (0.860-18.150)
No
Yes
risk was adjusted for age, sex, corticosteroid, time from illness onset to hospitalization, severe illness at admission, critical illness in hospitalization, and invasive mechanical ventilation
None
Average