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. 2020 Nov 25;20(2):409–414. doi: 10.1007/s42000-020-00259-x

Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies

Author Location Case Age (years) Male (%) Study design DM Unadjusted effect estimate (95% CI) Adjusted effect estimate (95% CI) Confounding factors

Mo P

PMID: 32173725

China 155 54 (42–66) 86 (55.5) R 15 (9.7) NR

OR 2.138

(0.483–9.471)

Age, male, CVD, fever, shortness of breath, anorexia, blood test, chest CT or X-ray, treatment

Hu L

PMID: 32361738

China 323 61 (23–91) 166 (51.4) R 47 (14.6) NR

OR 3.109

(1.155–8.373)

Age, smoking, hypnotics, diagnosis of critical status, hypersensitive troponin I, WBC, neutrophil count

Huang R

PMID: 32384078

China 202 44.0 (33.0–54.0) 116 (57.4) R 19 (9.4)

OR 8.145

(2.842–23.342)

OR 4.326

(1.059–17.668)

Age, gender, BMI, HTN, smoking, WBC, neutrophils, lymphocyte, Hb, PLT, ALT, LDH, Tbil, ALB, CR, CRP, PT

Shi S

PMID: 32391877

China 671 63 (50–72) 322 (48.0) R 97 (14.5) NR

HR 1.16

(0.47–2.85)

Age, gender, HTN, CHD, chronic renal disease, CHD, cerebrovascular diseases, PCT, cTnI, myoglobin; CRP; NT-proBNP; MYO, CK-MB

Yu X

PMID: 32351037

China 333 50 (35–63) 172 (51.7) R 28 (8.4) NR

OR 1.1

(0.3–3.6)

Age, gender, heart disease, HTN, respiratory disease

Cummings MJ

PMID: 32442528

USA 257 62 (51–72) 171 (67) P 92 (36)

HR 1.65

(1.11–2.44)

HR 1.31

(0.81–2.10)

Age, gender, symptom duration before hospital presentation, HTN, chronic cardiac disease, COPD or interstitial lung disease, CKD, BMI, interleukin-6, D-dimer

Zhang Y

PMID: 32446795

China 258 64 (56–70) 138 (53.5) R 63 (24.4) NR

HR 2.840

(1.01–8.01)

Age, CVD, CKD

Phipps MM

PMID: 32473607

USA 2273 65 (52–76) 1297 (57) R 886 (39)

OR 1.65

(1.34–2.02)

OR 1.30

(1.02–1.68)

Age, peak ALT, BMI, HTN, intubation, renal replacement therapy

Galloway JB

PMID: 32479771

UK 1157 71 (57–82) 666 (57.6) R 408 (35.3) NR

HR 1.20

(0.97–1.48)

Age, gender

Zhao M

PMID: 32499448

China 1000 61 (46–70) 466 (46.6) R 118 (11.8) NR

HR 0.962

(0.576–1.608)

Age

Lim JH

PMID: 32503180

Korea 160 NR 86 (53.8) R 50 (31.3)

HR 1.55

(0.85–2.83)

HR 1.35

(0.72–2.56)

Age, gender, HTN

Lala A

PMID: 32517963

USA 2736 66.4 1630 (59.6) R 719 (26.3) NR

OR 1.01

(0.80–1.27)

Age, gender, troponin strata, race, ethnicity, coronary artery disease, heart failure, HTN, atrial fibrillation, CKD, clinical variables

Cen Y

PMID: 32526275

China 1007 61 (49–68) 493 (49.0) P 119 (11.8)

HR 2.920

(2.224–3.835)

HR 1.816

(1.351–2.442)

Age, gender, smoking history, HTN, chronic obstructive lung disease, coronary artery disease, duration of antiviral therapy

Jang JG

PMID: 32537954

Korea 110 56.9 (± 17.0) 48 (43.6) R 29 (26.4)

OR 7.47

(2.73–20.04)

OR 19.15

(1.90–193.42)

Age, gender, HTN, body temperature, peripheral oxygen saturation, albumin, Tbil, CK-MB

Rath D

PMID: 32537662

Germany 123 68 (±15) 77 (62.6) P 30 (24.4) NR

HR 3.65

(1.06–12.63)

Age, arterial HTN, LVEF, RV-function, tricuspid regurgitation > 1

Bertin D

PMID:32564467

France 56 NR 33 (58.9) P 10 (17.9)

OR 0.33

(0.06–1.35)

OR 0.21

(0.02–1.85)

Gender, duration of symptoms, aCL IgG, CHD, HTN, chronic respiratory disease

Yu C

PMID: 32564974

China 1464 64.0 (51.0–71.0) 736 (50.3) R 211 (14.4)

OR 3.77

(2.70–5.28)

OR 2.34

(1.45–3.76)

Age, gender, HTN, lymphopenia, ALT, LDH, D-dimer, PCT

Bravi F

PMID: 32579597

Italy 1603 58.0 (20.9) 758 (47.3) R 194 (12.1) NR

OR 1.52

(1.05–2.18)

Age, gender, HTN, CVD, cancer, COPD, renal disease

Booth CM

PMID: 12734147

Canada 144 45 (34–57) 56 (39) R 16 (11) NR

HR 3.1

(1.4–7.2)

Age, comorbidity

Han J

PMID: 32580792

China 185 44 (±17.88) 95 (51.4) R 28 (15.1)

OR 5.792

(2.366–14.176)

OR 3.311

(1.093–10.031)

Age, time from symptoms onset to treatment, PaO2/FiO2 on admission, NLR, PLT

Hashemi N

PMID: 32585065

USA 363 63.4 (± 16.5) 201 (55.4) R 117 (32.2) NR

OR 1.22

(0.74–2.00)

Age, gender, HTN, obesity, cardiac diseases, hyperlipidemia, pulmonary disorders

Ji W

PMID: 32597048

Korea 7541 47.05 (± 19.0) 2970 (40.5) R 1043 (14.2)

OR 4.646

(3.984–5.418)

OR 1.247

(1.009–1.543)

Comorbidity

Pettit NN

PMID: 32589784

USA 238 58.5 (±17) 113 (47.5) R 68 (28.6)

OR 0.8

(0.3–2.2)

OR 0.5

(0.2–1.7)

Age, gender, HTN, obesity, pulmonary disease, CVD, kidney disease, cancer, stroke, hyperlipidemia, VTE

All values are n (%), mean (standard deviation, SD), or median (interquartile range, IQR). USA, United States of America; NR, not reported; DM, diabetes mellitus; P, prospective; R, retrospective; HR, hazard ratio; OR, odds ratio; CVD, cardiovascular diseases; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PCT, procalcitonin; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; HTN, hypertension; BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; CHD, coronary heart disease; WBC, white blood cell; PLT, platelet; Tbil, total bilirubin; ALB, albumin; CR, creatinine; PT, prothrombin time; Hb, hemoglobin; NT-proBNP, amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; CK-MB, creatinine kinase-myocardial band; CKD, chronic kidney disease; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; aCL: anti-cardiolipin antibodies; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; VTE: venous thromboembolism