Efficacy of blood urea nitrogen-to-albumin ratio for predicting prognostic outcomes of inpatients with COVID-19: A meta-analysis.

Kuo-Chuan HungYu-Yu LiYen-Ta HuangPing-Hsin LiuChih-Wei HsuChun-Ning HoI-Yin HungFu-Sheng ChangCheuk-Kwan Sun

Published in: Medicine (2023)

This meta-analysis demonstrated a positive correlation between BUN/albumin ratio and poor outcome in patients with COVID-19. Additional large-scale prospective studies are needed to verify our findings.

Keyphrases

systematic review
case control
coronavirus disease
sars cov
meta analyses
randomized controlled trial
type diabetes
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue
insulin resistance