Prevalence of Comorbid Asthma and Related Outcomes in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of asthma on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains largely unknown.

Objective

To investigate the asthma prevalence among patients with COVID-19 and compare outcomes between patients with and without asthma.

Methods

In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, bioRxiv, and medRxiv for studies reporting asthma prevalence in general patients with COVID-19 or comparing outcomes between patients with and without asthma, and excluded duplicate publications, reviews, editorials, comments, single case reports, or small case series (<10 cases). We determined the pooled estimates of effect using random-effect model.

Results

On the basis of 131 studies (410,382 patients), we found great variability in

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725230 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature