Association between Fibrinogen-to-Albumin Ratio and Prognosis of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Although the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (F/R ratio) has been used as an inflammation marker to predict clinical outcomes in patients with cardiovascular diseases, its association with the prognosis of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear. Electronic databases including EMBASE, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library were searched from inception to 20 June 2022. The associations of F/R ratio with poor prognosis (defined as the occurrence of mortality or severe disease) were investigated in patients with COVID-19. A total of 10 studies (seven from Turkey, two from China, one from Croatia) involving 3675 patients published between 2020 and 2022 were eligible for quantitative syntheses. Merged results revealed a higher F/R ratio in the poor prognosis group (

SUBMITTER: Hung KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9317445 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature