Table 1.
Characteristics and quality of studies included in systematic review and meta-analysis
| First author | PMID | Date of publication | Setting | N | Clinical course | Quality of study | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe | Good | Included in systematic review | Included in meta-analysis | |||||
| Chan et al. [29] | 31986261 | 24-Jan-20 | Single center in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China | 6 | 8 | |||
| Huang et al. [30] | 31986264 | 24-Jan-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 41 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 9 |
| Chen et al. [31] | 32007143 | 30-Jan-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 99 | 8 | |||
| Song et al. [32] | 32027573 | 06-Feb-20 | Single center in Shanghai, China | 51 | 8 | |||
| Chang et al. [33] | 32031568 | 07-Feb-20 | Three hospitals in Beijing, China | 13 | 8 | |||
| Wang et al. [34] | 32031570 | 07-Feb-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 138 | 36 | 102 | 8 | 9 |
| Liu et al. [35] | 32044814 | 07-Feb-20 | Nine tertiary hospitals in Hubei Province, China | 137 | 8 | |||
| Liu et al. [36] | 32048163 | 09-Feb-20 | Single center in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China | 12 | 8 | |||
| Ren et al. [37] | 32004165 | 11-Feb-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 5 | 8 | |||
| Xu et al. [38] | 32075786 | 19-Feb-20 | Seven hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China | 62 | 8 | |||
| Zhang et al. [39] | 32077115 | 19-Feb-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 140 | 58 | 82 | 8 | 9 |
| Wu et al. [40] | 32091414 | 21-Feb-20 | Two hospitals in Chongqing, China | 80 | 8 | |||
| Yang et al. [41] | 32105632 | 24-Feb-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 52 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 9 |
| Shi et al. [42] | 32105637 | 24-Feb-20 | Two centers in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 81 | 8 | |||
| Xu et al. [43] | 32109443 | 25-Feb-20 | Single center in Beijing, China | 50 | 13 | 37 | 8 | 9 |
| Yang et al. [44] | 32112884 | 26-Feb-20 | Three tertiary hospitals in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China | 149 | 8 | |||
| Huang et al. [45] | 32114074 | 27-Feb-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 34 | 8 | |||
| Xu et al. [46] | 32107577 | 28-Feb-20 | Single center in Guangdong Province, China | 90 | 8 | |||
| Guan et al. [15] | 32109013 | 28-Feb-20 | 552 hospitals in 30 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, China | 1099 | 173 | 926 | 8 | 9 |
| Liu et al. [47] | 32118640 | 28-Feb-20 | Three tertiary hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 78 | 11 | 67 | 8 | 9 |
| Wu et al. [48] | 32109279 | 29-Feb-20 | Multi-center in Jiangsu Province, China | 80 | 8 | |||
| Li et al. [49] | 32118615 | 29-Feb-20 | Single center in Chongqing, China | 83 | 25 | 58 | 8 | 9 |
| Cao et al. [50] | 32123993 | 02-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 102 | 18 | 84 | 8 | 9 |
| Zhang et al. [51] | 32124995 | 03-Mar-20 | Single center in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China | 14 | 5 | |||
| Young et al. [52] | 32125362 | 03-Mar-20 | Four hospitals in Singapore | 18 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| Ruan et al. [53] | 32125452 | 03-Mar-20 | Two centers in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 150 | 68 | 82 | 8 | 9 |
| Zhao et al. [54] | 32125873 | 03-Mar-20 | Four institutions in Hunan Province, China | 101 | 14 | 87 | 8 | 9 |
| Xiong et al. [55] | 32134800 | 03-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 42 | 8 | |||
| Xiao et al. [56] | 32142773 | 03-Mar-20 | Single center in Guangdong Province, China | 73 | 5 | |||
| Hu et al. [57] | 32146694 | 04-Mar-20 | Single center in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China | 24 | 8 | |||
| Zhou et al. [58] | 32134681 | 05-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 62 | 8 | |||
| Wang et al. [59] | 32139464 | 05-Mar-20 | Single center in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China | 18 | 6 | |||
| Spiteri et al. [60] | 32156327 | 05-Mar-20 | WHO European region except UK | 38 | 4 | |||
| CNIRST [61] | 32156224 | 11-Mar-20 | Multi-center in Australia | 71 | 4 | |||
| Zhou et al. [62] | 32171076 | 11-Mar-20 | Two hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 191 | 54 | 137 | 8 | 9 |
| Liu et al. [63] | 32171866 | 11-Mar-20 | Single center in Hainan Province, China | 56 | 8 | |||
| Chen et al. [64] | 32171869 | 11-Mar-20 | Single center in Shanghai, China | 249 | 22 | 227 | 8 | 9 |
| Zhao et al. [65] | 32161968 | 12-Mar-20 | Two hospitals in Anhui Province, China | 19 | 8 | |||
| Chen et al. [66] | 32162699 | 12-Mar-20 | Single center in Anhui Province, China | 9 | 8 | |||
| Zhu et al. [67] | 32167181 | 13-Mar-20 | Two emergency departments in Anhui Province, China | 32 | 8 | |||
| Wu et al. [68] | 32167524 | 13-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 201 | 84 | 117 | 8 | 9 |
| Cheng et al. [69] | 32174128 | 14-Mar-20 | Single center in Shanghai, China | 11 | 8 | |||
| Mo et al. [70] | 32173725 | 16-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 155 | 85 | 70 | 8 | 9 |
| Wang et al. [71] | 32176772 | 16-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 69 | 14 | 55 | 8 | 9 |
| Wang et al. [72] | 32179910 | 17-Mar-20 | Single center in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China | 55 | 8 | |||
| Han et al. [73] | 32181672 | 17-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 108 | 7 | |||
| Qian et al. [74] | 32181807 | 17-Mar-20 | Five hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China | 91 | 9 | 82 | 8 | 9 |
| Gao et al. [75] | 32181911 | 17-Mar-20 | Single center in Fuyang, Anhui Province, China | 43 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 9 |
| Shi et al. [76] | 32188484 | 18-Mar-20 | Multi-center in Zhejiang Province, China | 487 | 49 | 438 | 7 | 8 |
| Arentz et al. [77] | 32191259 | 19-Mar-20 | Single center in Washington State, USA | 21 | 21 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wang et al. [78] | 32191587 | 19-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 90 | 7 | |||
| Wu et al. [79] | 32199469 | 19-Mar-20 | Single center in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China | 74 | 18 | 56 | 7 | |
| Liu et al. [80] | 32199493 | 19-Mar-20 | Single center in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China | 76 | 30 | 46 | 6 | 9 |
| Zhang et al. [81] | 32205284 | 20-Mar-20 | Multi-center in Zhejiang Province, China | 645 | 64 | 581 | 8 | 9 |
| Deng et al. [82] | 32209890 | 20-Mar-20 | Two tertiary hospitals in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 225 | 109 | 116 | 8 | 8 |
| Wan et al. [83] | 32198776 | 21-Mar-20 | Multi-center in Chongqing, China | 135 | 40 | 95 | 8 | 9 |
| Zhou et al. [84] | 32209382 | 21-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 34 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 9 |
| To et al. [85] | 32213337 | 23-Mar-20 | Two hospitals in Hong Kong | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 9 |
| Jin et al. [86] | 32213556 | 24-Mar-20 | Multi-center in Zhejiang Province, China | 651 | 64 | 587 | 8 | |
| Sun et al. [87] | 32211755 | 25-Mar-20 | Single center in Singapore | 54 | 7 | |||
| Shi et al. [88] | 32211816 | 25-Mar-20 | Single center in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | 416 | 8 | |||
| Lian et al. [89] | 32211844 | 25-Mar-20 | Multi-center in Zhejiang Province, China | 788 | 78 | 710 | 8 | |
| 8301 | 1241/6210 (20%) | 4969/6210 (80%) | ||||||
PMID PubMed identification number, N number