Effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To summarise and quantify the effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults.

Methods

We systematically searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsychINFO and Web of Science, from inception to October 2017, to identify case-control and cohort studies and reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) checklist. The review protocol was registered with the PROSPERO database (CRD42018093943). Study quality was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) or hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated using a random-effects model.

Results

Of 647 studies identified, 27 studies were included (n = 460,592 participants) in the systematic review. Most of the i

SUBMITTER: Baskaran V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6638981 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature