Impact of age, sex, comorbidities and clinical symptoms on the severity of COVID-19 cases: A meta-analysis with 55 studies and 10014 cases

Purpose: Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases are overgrowing globally and now become a pandemic. A meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the impact of age, sex, comorbidities, and clinical characteristics on the severity of COVID-19 to help diagnose and evaluate the current o...

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Main Authors: Md. Abdul Barek, Md. Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Safiqul Islam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020325275