ReviewCureus2022
Diabetes Mellitus is Associated With Higher COVID-19 Mortality Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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- Effectiveness and Safety of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid) Versus Remdesivir in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Retrospective Studies.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Risk factors for long COVID among participants of a population-based study in urban and rural Kenya, 2021.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Insights into the Sources, Structure, and Action Mechanisms of Quinones on Diabetes: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Clinical Characteristics and Mortality Trends Among COVID-19 Patients During the First Four Waves in Ngaliema Clinic, Democratic Republic of the Congo.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Comprehensive assessment of COVID-19 case fatality rate and influential factors in Khuzestan Province, Iran: a two-year study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- Aberrant innate immune profile associated with COVID-19 mortality in Pretoria, South Africa.Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) · 2024Article
- Risk factors for cardiometabolic health in Ghana: Cardiometabolic Risks Study Protocol-APTI Project.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The rate of COVID-19-related mortality among patients with diabetes mellitus in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is unknown. The current study aimed to determine the mortality rate of COVID-19 among diabetes patients in SSA. We performed a systematic review of research articles until July 1, 2021. A literature review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines to gather relevant data. A random effects model was used to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We used Egger's tests and Begg's funnel plot to examine publication bias. The mortality rate of 7778 COVID-19 patients was analyzed using data from seven studies. The I
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