The Relationship of COVID-19 Severity with Cardiovascular Disease and Its Traditional Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Whether cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its traditional risk factors predict severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is uncertain, in part, because of potential confounding by age and sex. Methods: We performed a systematic review of studies that explored pre-existing CVD and its tra...

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Main Authors: Kunihiro Matsushita, Ning Ding, Minghao Kou, Xiao Hu, Mengkun Chen, Yumin Gao, Yasuyuki Honda, Di Zhao, David Dowdy, Yejin Mok, Junichi Ishigami, Lawrence J. Appel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2020-09-01
Series:Global Heart
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Online Access:https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/814