Cardiovascular risk factors and mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of 45 studies and 18,300 patients.
Angelo SilverioMarco Di MaioRodolfo CitroLuca EspositoGiuseppe IulianoMichele BellinoCesare BaldiGiuseppe De LucaMichele CiccarelliCarmine VecchioneGennaro GalassoPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2021)
This meta-analysis suggests that older age and diabetes are associated with higher risk of in-hospital mortality in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2. Conversely, male sex, hypertension, and smoking did not independently correlate with fatal outcome.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- sars cov
- cardiovascular risk factors
- systematic review
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- cardiovascular disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- blood pressure
- prognostic factors
- metabolic syndrome
- randomized controlled trial
- middle aged
- insulin resistance
- coronavirus disease
- case control
- community dwelling
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus