The prevalence of thyroid disorders in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the prevalence of thyroid disorders in COVID-19 patients.

Data sources

Scopus, PubMed, ISI Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases were used in this review. We also consider the results of grey literature.

Study selections

Cohort, cross-sectional, and case-control studies were included.

Data extraction and synthesis

The required data were extracted by the first author of the article and reviewed by the second author. The Pooled prevalence of outcomes of interest was applied using the meta-prop method with a pooled estimate after Freeman-Tukey Double Arcsine Transformation to stabilize the variances.

Outcomes and measured

The different thyroid disorders were the main outcomes of

SUBMITTER: Ashrafi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759498 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature