Significant association between anemia and higher risk for COVID-19 mortality: A meta-analysis of adjusted effect estimates.
Am J Emerg Med
; 58: 281-285, 2022 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1906653
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aimed to evaluate whether there was a significant relationship between anemia and the risk for mortality among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients by a quantitative meta-analysis based on the adjusted effect estimates.METHODS:
A systematic search was conducted in electronic databases to identify all published literature. A random-effects meta-analysis model was used to estimate the pooled effect size and 95% confidence interval (CI). Heterogeneity test, Begg's test, subgroup analysis and meta-regression were performed.RESULTS:
Twenty-three articles with 573,928 COVID-19 patients were included in the quantitative meta-analysis. There was a significant association between anemia and an elevated risk of COVID-19 mortality (pooled effect size = 1.47, 95% CI [1.30-1.67]). We observed this significant association in the further subgroup analyses by age, proportion of males, sample size, study design, region and setting. Sensitivity analysis exhibited that our results were reliable. Begg's test showed that there was no publication bias. Meta-regression indicated that the tested variables might not be the source of heterogeneity.CONCLUSION:
Our meta-analysis based on risk factors-adjusted effect estimates indicated that anemia was independently associated with a significantly elevated risk for mortality among COVID-19 patients.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Anemia
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Emerg Med
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.ajem.2022.06.030
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