Association of Sex, Age, and Comorbidities with Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Intervirology Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 36 - 47
• Main Authors: Biswas, Mohitosh, Rahaman, Shawonur, Biswas, Tapash Kumar, Haque, Zahirul, Ibrahim, Baharudin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Bangladesh; China; Comorbidity; Comparative analysis; Coronaviruses; Kidney diseases; Meta-Analysis; Mortality; Patient outcomes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Bangladesh; China; Demographic characteristics; Coronavirus disease-2019; Risk of mortality; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

Introduction: Although severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection is causing mortality in considerable proportion of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients, however, evidence for the association of sex, age, and comorbidities on the risk of mortality is not well-aggregated yet....