Differences in chest imaging between Omicron and non-Omicron coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have posed a great threat to human health. We carried out this systematic review and meta-analysis for two objectives. First, to evaluate the differences in lung infection between the Omicron variants and the non-Omicron strains by chest computed tomography (CT); second, to evaluate the differences in chest CT features between COVID-19 patients with the Omicron variants and those with non-Omicron strains in CT-positive cases.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and China National Knowledge Infrastructure for articles and performed a meta-analysis using Stata 14.0 with a random effects model.

Results

Our study included a total of 8126 patients with COVID-19, 4113 with the Omicron variants, and 4013 with non-

SUBMITTER: Han Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12042635 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature