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

• Main Authors: Kunihiro Matsushita (Author), Ning Ding (Author), Minghao Kou (Author), Xiao Hu (Author), Mengkun Chen (Author), Yumin Gao (Author), Yasuyuki Honda (Author), Di Zhao (Author), David Dowdy (Author), Yejin Mok (Author), Junichi Ishigami (Author), Lawrence J. Appel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...