Sex difference in coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the sex difference in the prevalence of COVID-19 confirmed cases.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting

PubMed, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were searched for related information. The authors developed a data extraction form on an Excel sheet and the following data from eligible studies were extracted: author, country, sample size, number of female patients and number of male patients. Using STATA V.14 for analysis, the authors pooled the overall prevalence of men and/or women using a random-effect meta-analysis model. The authors examined the heterogeneity in effect size using Q statistics and I² statistics. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were performed. Publication bias was also checked.

Participants

Stud

SUBMITTER: Abate BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539579 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature