Predictors of severe or lethal COVID-19, including Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers, in a sample of infected Italian citizens

• Francesca Bravi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Bravi, Maria Elena Flacco

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation "Sant'Anna" University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Maria Elena Flacco ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Bravi, Maria Elena Flacco

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Tiziano Carradori,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation "Sant'Anna" University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Carlo Alberto Volta,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations "Sant'Anna" University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Giuseppe Cosenza,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Local Health Authority of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Aldo De Togni,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Local Health Authority of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Cecilia Acuti Martellucci,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4308-2144

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• Giustino Parruti,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Local Health Authority of Pescara, Cerveteri, Italy

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• Lorenzo Mantovani,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Public Health Research, University of Milan—Bicocca, Milan, Italy, IRCCS Multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy

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• Lamberto Manzoli

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lmanzoli@post.harvard.edu

  Affiliations "Sant'Anna" University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8129-9344

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