A comparison of mortality-related risk factors of COVID-19, SARS, and MERS: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic. This systematic review compares mortality risk factors including clinical, demographic and laboratory features of COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The aim is to provide new strategies for COVID-19 prevention and treatment.

Methods

We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis, using five databases to compare the predictors of death for COVID-19, SARS and MERS. A random-effects model meta-analysis calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

Results

845 articles up through 11/4/2020 were retrieved, but only 28 studies were included in this meta-analysis. The results showed that males had a higher likelihood of death tha

SUBMITTER: Lu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7334925 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature