Current smoking, former smoking, and adverse outcome among hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Hauptverfasser: Konstantinos Farsalinos (Verfasst von), Anastasia Barbouni (Verfasst von), Konstantinos Poulas (Verfasst von), Riccardo Polosa (Verfasst von), Pasquale Caponnetto (Verfasst von), Raymond Niaura (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: SAGE Publishing, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and effects of current smoking on adverse outcomes among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Methods: A systematic review of the literature (PubMed) identified 18 (from a total of 1398) relevant studies. Pooled current smoking prevalenc...