Effects of influenza vaccination on the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and all-cause mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza vaccination is a simple strategy recommended for the prevention of influenza infection and its complications. This meta-analysis aimed to provide current supportive evidence for the breadth and validity of the observed protective effects of influenza vaccination on cardiovascular and respiratory adverse outcomes and all-cause mortality in older adults and in general adult population.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library to identify all published studies comparing influenza vaccination with placebo from the database inception to November 11, 2018. These included studies reporting the associations of influenza vaccination with the risk of aforementioned adverse outcomes.

Results

The pooled adjusted relative ri

SUBMITTER: Cheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7365105 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature