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. 2021 Apr 20;48:128–139. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.04.013

Table 2.

The information of 47 studies included in the meta-analysis of CVD to fatal COVID-19

No. Author (year studied) Country Study type Sample size (N) Mortality rate Age (yrs) Non-survivors
Survivors
NOS score
N CVDs N CVDs
1 Abbasi, B. (2020) Iran A retrospective cohort study 262 21.4% 58 (43–67#) 56 34 (60.7%¶) 206 44 (21.4%) 6
2 Aladağ, N. (2020) Turkey A retrospective cohort study 50 30.0% 64.80 (50.3–79.3) 15 7 (46.67%) 35 25 (71.43%) 6
3 Alamdari, N. M. (2020) Iran A large-scale retrospective cross-sectional study 459 13.7% 61.8 (49.9–73.7) 63 29 (46.0%) 396 156 (39.4%) 5
4 Alvarez-Garcia, J. (2020) USA A retrospective cohort study 6439 25.8% 63.5 (45.9–81.1) 1664 169 (10.2%) 4775 253 (5.3%) 8
5 An, W. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 110 10.0% 11 1 (9.1%) 99 4 (4.0%) 7
6 Bursi, F. (2020) Italy A retrospective cohort study 49 32.7% 65.7 (53.1–78.3) 16 6 (37.5%) 33 5 (15.2%) 7
7 Cao, Y. (2020) China A two-centre retrospective case control study 101 34.7% 56.6  (41.5–71.7) 35 11 (31.4%) 66 10 (15.2%) 7
8 Carrillo-Vega, M. F. (2020) Mexico A descriptive cohort study 9946 9.7% 48.2 (33.8–62.5) 963 64 (6.6%) 8983 246 (6.3%) 6
9 Carter, B. (2020) UK and Italy A multi-centre international observational cohort study 1559 27.1% 74.0 (61.0–83.0) 422 132 (31.3%) 1137 213 (18.7%) 7
10 Chen, F. F. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 681 15.3% 65.0 (54.0–72.0) 104 25 (24.0%) 577 55 (9.5%) 5
11 Chen, R. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 1590 3.1% 69 (51–86) 50 8 (16.0%) 1540 51 (3.3%) 5
12 Chilimuri, S. (2020) USA A retrospective cohort study 375 42.7% 63.0 (52.0–72.0) 160 38 (23.8%) 215 24 (11.2%) 5
13 Ciardullo, S. (2020) Italy A single-centre retrospective cohort study 373 38.1% 72 (58–86) 142 65 (45.8%) 231 75 (32.5%) 5
14 Ciceri, F. (2020) Italy An observational cohort study 410 23.2% 65 (56–75) 95 25 (26.3%) 315 26 (8.3%) 7
15 Cipriani, A. (2020) Italy A single-centre observational cohort study 109 18.3% 71 (60–81)  20 9 (45.0%) 89 9 (10.1%) 6
16 Di Castelnuovo, A. (2020) Italy A national retrospective observational cohort study 3762 17.5% 665 165 (24.8%) 3097 266 (8.6%) 7
17 Eslami, V. (2020) Iran A single-centre prospective cohort study 87 14.9% 54.6 (39.3–69.9) 13 4 (30.8%) 74 11 (14.9%) 7
18 Farré, N. (2020) Spain A single-centre cohort study 623 11.9% 74 15 (20.3%) 549 18 (3.3%) 7
19 Ferrando, C. (2020) Spain and Andorra A multi-centre prospective observational and cohort study 663 30.6% 64 (56–72) 203 6 (3.0%) 460 3 (0.7%) 7
20 Grasselli, G. (2020) Italy A retrospective observational cohort study 1715 53.4% 64 (56–70) 915 224 (24.5%) 800 88 (11.0%) 7
21 Guo, T. (2020) China A single-centre retrospective observational cohort study 187 23.0% 58.5 (43.8–73.2) 43 29 (67.4%) 144 37 (86.0%) 7
22 Gupta, S. (2020) USA A multi-centre cohort study 2215 35.4% 62 (51–71) 784 158 (20.2%) 1431 130 (9.1%) 7
23 Halvatsiotis, P. (2020) Greece A multi-centre retrospective corss-sectional study 86 28.9% 65.5 (56–73) 26 4 (15.4%) 60 14 (23.3%) 7
24 Harmouch, F. (2020) USA A retrospective cohort study 560 14.5% 63 (39–87) 81 19 (23.5%) 479 35 (7.3%) 5
25 He, X. W. (2020) China A single-centre retrospective cohort study 54 48.1% 68.0 (59.8–74.3) 26 5 (19.2) 28 3 (10.7%) 8
26 He, Y. (2020) China A cohort study 336 39.6% 65 (50–77) 133 36 (27.1%) 203 23 (11.3%) 6
27 Homayounieh, F. (2020) Iran A retrospective cohort study 75 20.0% 15 5 (33.3%) 60 13 (21.7%) 6
28 Hwang, J. M. (2020) Korea A retrospective cohort study 103 25.2% 67.6 (52.3–82.9) 26 6 (23.1%) 77 6 (7.8%) 6
29 Inciardi, R. M. (2020) Italy A cohort study 99 26.3% 67 (55–79) 26 19 (73.1%) 73 34 (46.6%) 8
30 Lanza, G. A. (2020) Italy A retrospective cohort study 324 13.6% 65.9 (50.7–81.1) 44 17 (38.6%) 280 50 (17.9%) 5
31 Li, C. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 2068 8.8% 63 (51–70) 183 28 (15.3%) 1885 154 (8.2%) 5
32 Li, J. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 74 18.9% 66 (55–72) 14 4 (28.6%) 60 2 (3.3%) 6
33 Lu, J. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 20 50.0% 69.8 (57.8–81.8) 10 2 (20.0%) 10 2 (20.0%) 6
34 McCullough, S. A. (2020) USA A retrospective observational cohort study 756 11.9% 63.3 (47.3–79.3) 90 16 (17.8%) 666 39 (5.9%) 5
35 Nikpouraghdam, M. (2020) Iran A retrospective cohort study 2964 8.1% 55.50 (40.4–70.7) 239 4 (1.7%) 2725 33 (1.2%) 6
36 Pan, F. (2020) China A case-control study 124 71.8% 68 (61–75) 89 13 (14.6%) 35 6 (17.1%) 5
37 Peterson, E. (2020) USA A single-centre retrospective cohort study 355 22.5% 80 24 (30.0%) 275 53 (19.3%) 8
38 Rastad, H. (2020) Iran A retrospective cohort study 2957 10.2% 54.8 (37.9–71.7)  301 54 (17.9%) 2656 260 (9.8%) 5
39 Rath, D. (2020) Germany A consecutive prospective cohort study 123 13.0% 68 (53–83) 16 6 (37.5%) 107 22 (20.6%) 7
40 Rey, J. R. (2020) Spain A retrospective cohort study 3080 20.3% 62.3 (42.0–82.6) 626 74 (11.8%) 2454 78 (3.2%) 7
41 Shi, S. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 671 9.2% 63 (50–72) 62 21 (33.9%) 609 39 (6.4%) 5
42 Sun, J. H. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 939 11.7% 62 (51–70) 110 8 (7.3%) 829 57 (6.9%) 6
43 Twigg, H. L. (2020) USA A cohort study 242 19.8% 59.6 (44.1–75.1) 48 9 (18.8%) 194 19 (9.8%) 6
44 Xu, J. (2020) China A multicenter retrospective cohort study 239 61.5% 62.5  (49.2–75.8) 147 21 (14.3%) 92 14 (15.2%) 6
45 Zhang, J. (2020) China A retrospective cohort study 541 9.8% 53 32 (60.4%) 488 112 (23.0%) 6
46 Zhao, Y. (2020) China A single-centre retrospective case control study 539 23.2% 58 (43–69) 125 20 (16.0%) 414 17 (4.1%) 6
47 Zhou, F. (2020) China A multi-centre retrospective cohort study 191 28.3% 56·0 (46·0–67·0) 54 13 (24.1%) 137 2 (1.5%) 5

#The numbers in our study were accurate to one digit after the decimal point, but some of the numbers were only displayed as integers in a few primary articles included.

¶The percentage of cases in each group was marked in the bracket.