Cardiovascular Risk Factors and COVID-19 incidence- Result from a population based study

LETTER TO THEEDITORCorresponding Author:H.BakhshandehRajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranTel: +989123900717, Fax: +982122663217E-mail address: hooman.bakhshande@gmail.comCopyright © 2021 Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Published by Tehran University of Medical SciencesThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly citedCardiovascular Risk Factors and COVID-19 Incidence: Result From a Population-Based StudyParham Sadeghipour1, Farnaz Rafiee2, Elahe Baghizadeh2, Somayyeh Barati2, Majid Maleki1, BahramMohebbi1, Hooman Bakhshandeh21Cardiovascular Intervention Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran2Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranReceived: 27Mar.2021; Accepted:16Aug.2021The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with a rapid spread,has affected the whole world. Early reports cited cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors as important comorbidities toward the risk of COVID-19 infection and also the prediction of its prognosis.