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. 2020 Aug;49(8):1411–1421. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v49i8.3863

Fig. 2:

Fig. 2:

Forest plot for assessment of corticosteroid administration on mortality rate following coronavirus disease (COVID-19), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The results showed corticosteroids administration did not reduce risk of mortality after COVID-19 and SARS-CoV infection. While, corticosteroids administration increased mortality of MERS-CoV infected patients. CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio