Table 1.
Demographics, baseline characteristics, and clinical symptoms of COVID-19 deceased included in the meta-analysis
| Study | Author | Cao JL [8] | Chen T [9] | Deng Y [10] | Du RH [11] | Du YZ [12] | Hang Y [13] | Korean [14] | Li Xu [15] | NERC [16] | Ruan QR [17] | Tang N [18] | Tu WJ [19] | Wang L [20] | Yang XB [21] | Zhou F [22] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead | Number of patients | 17 | 113 | 109 | 21 | 85 | 36 | 54 | 25 | 66 | 68 | 134 | 25 | 65 | 32 | 54 | |
| Age | median (IQR), y | 72 (63–81) | 68(62–77) | 69 (62–74) | 70.2 (65–75.4) | 65.8 (56.3–75.3) | 69.22 (62.74–75.71) | 75.5 (66–80) | 71.83 (63.34–80.32) | 77 (35–93) | 67 (15–81) | 68.7 (61–76.4) | 70 (64–80) | 76 (70–83) | 64.6 (57–72.15) | 69 (63–76) | |
| Sex | Female | 4 (23.5) | 30 (27) | 36 (33) | 11 (52.4) | 23 (27.1) | 11 (30.56) | 21 (38.89) | 15 (60) | 29 (43.9) | 19 (28) | 44 (32.8) | 6 (24) | 26 (40) | 11 (34) | 16 (30) | |
| Male | 13 (76.5) | 83 (73) | 73 (67) | 10 (47.6) | 62 (72.9) | 25 (69.44) | 33 (61.1) | 10 (40) | 37 (56.1) | 49 (72) | 90 (67.2) | 19 (76) | 39(60) | 21 (66) | 38 (70) | ||
| Signs and symptoms | Fever | 12 (70.6) | 104 (92) | 95 (87.2) | 21 (100) | 78 (91.8) | 34 (94.44) | – | – | - | 59 (87) | – | – | 56 (87.5) | 31 (97) | 51 (94) | |
| Cough | 8 (47.1) | 79 (70) | 47 (43.1) | 14 (66.7) | 19 (22.4) | 28 (77.78) | – | – | - | 51 (75) | – | – | 30 (46.9) | 25 (78) | 39 (72) | ||
| Fatigue | 9 (52.9) | 64 (57) | 30 (27.5) | 13 (61.9) | 50 (58.8) | 17 (47.22) | – | – | - | 15 (22) | – | – | 26 (40.6) | – | 15 (28) | ||
| Anorexia | – | 31 (27) | – | – | 48 (56.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 (23.4) | – | – | ||
| Myalgia | 5 (29.4) | 21 (19) | 30 (27.5) | 7 (33.3) | 14 (16.5) | 1 (2.78) | – | – | – | 9 (13) | – | – | 1 (1.6) | 4 (12.5) | 8 (15) | ||
| Dyspnoea | – | 70 (62) | 77 (70.6) | 18 (85.7) | 60 (70.6) | 14 (38.89) | – | – | – | 59 (87) | – | – | 38 (59.4) | 21 (66) | – | ||
| Chest tightness | – | 55 (49) | – | – | 2 (2.4) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 (23.4) | – | – | ||
| Expectoration | – | 35 (31) | 35 (32.1) | 12 (57.1) | 32 (37.6) | 8 (22.22) | – | – | – | 29 (43) | – | – | 17 (26.6) | – | 14 (26) | ||
| Pharyngalgia | – | 4 (4) | – | – | 2 (2.4) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 (4.7) | – | – | ||
| Haemoptysis | – | 4 (4) | 5 (4.6) | – | – | 2 (5.56) | – | – | – | 3 (4) | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Diarrhoea | 3 (17.6) | 27 (24) | 19 (17.4) | 8 (38.1) | 16 (18.8) | 3 (8.33) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 (12.5) | – | 2 (4) | ||
| Nausea | – | 8 (7) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (1.6) | – | 3 (6) | ||
| Vomiting | – | 6 (5) | – | – | 4 (4.7) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (3) | 3 (6) | ||
| Abdominal pain | – | 6 (5) | – | – | 3 (3.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | ||
| Headache | – | 11 (10) | 6 (5.5) | 5 (23.8) | 4 (4.7) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (6) | – | ||
| Dizziness | – | 10 (9) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (3.1) | – | – | ||
| NOS | score | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | |
Data are median (IQR) and n (%)
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