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SynthesisAging2020

Impact of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases on the severity of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Meng Meng, Qianwen Zhao, Rahul Kumar, Chen Bai, Yunlei Deng, Bo Wan

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Synthesis in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Meng MengDigestion Center, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Qianwen ZhaoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sichuan University-Oxford University Huaxi Gastrointestinal Cancer Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Rahul KumarDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Chen BaiBeijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yunlei DengDepartment of Nephrology, The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China.
Bo WanCentre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, UK.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNCapital Medical University · CNChangi General Hospital · SGChengdu Third People's Hospital · CNKing's College London · GBSichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined the effects of coronary heart disease (CHD), hypertension and diabetes on the development of severe COVID-19. We performed a comprehensive, systematic literature search for studies published between December 2019 and July 5, 2020 in five databases. The prevalence of severe COVID-19 in patients with CHD, hypertension and diabetes was evaluated through a meta-analysis. Thirty-five articles with 8,170 patients were included, and all the available studies were case series. The pooled odds ratio for the development of severe COVID-19 was 3.21 for patients with CHD (fixed-effects model, 95% CI: 2.58-3.99), 2.27 for patients with hypertension (random-effects model, 95% CI: 1.79-2.90) and 2.34 for patients with diabetes (random-effects model, 95% CI: 1.79-3.05). The heterogeneity of the studies was moderate for the effect of CHD on COVID-19 severity, but was high for the effects of diabetes and hypertension. Funnel plots and Egger's tests revealed no publication bias in the CHD and hypertension analyses, but suggested publication bias in the diabetes analysis. This bias was corrected using the trim-and-fill method, and was ultimately found to have no effect on the results. Our findings suggest patients with CHD, hypertension and diabetes are at greater risk for developing severe COVID-19 than those without these conditions.

Indexed as

Coronary DiseaseCOVID-19Diabetes MellitusHumansHypertensionPandemicsRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness Index2019-nCoVcoronary heart diseaseCOVID-19diabeteshypertensionsevere pneumonia

Identifiers

PMID33199670
PMCPMC7746376
OpenAlexW3104583868

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