Comorbidities in SARS-CoV-2 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

WH Ng, T Tipih, NA Makoah, JG Vermeulen… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread across
the globe at unprecedented speed and is showing no signs of slowing down. The outbreak …

Diabetes is most important cause for mortality in COVID-19 hospitalized patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis

G Corona, A Pizzocaro, W Vena, G Rastrelli… - Reviews in Endocrine …, 2021 - Springer
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 was officially documented in Europe at the end of February
2020. Despite many observations, the real impact of COVID-19 in the European Union (EU) …

The association of smoking status with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, hospitalization and mortality from COVID‐19: a living rapid evidence review with Bayesian meta …

D Simons, L Shahab, J Brown, O Perski - Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the association of smoking status with rates of (i) infection,(ii)
hospitalization,(iii) disease severity and (iv) mortality from SARS‐CoV‐2/COVID‐19 disease …

Impact of diabetes on COVID‐19 mortality and hospital outcomes from a global perspective: An umbrella systematic review and meta‐analysis

S Kastora, M Patel, B Carter… - Endocrinology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction To date, COVID‐19 has claimed 4.9 million lives. Diabetes has been identified
as an independent risk factor of serious outcomes in people with COVID‐19 infection …

Association between renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Baral, V Tsampasian, M Debski, B Moran… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The chronic receipt of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and
angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) has been assumed to exacerbate complications …

C‐reactive protein as an effector molecule in Covid‐19 pathogenesis

JA Mosquera‐Sulbaran, A Pedreañez… - Reviews in medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The current pandemic caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection is known as Covid‐19
(coronavirus disease 2019). This disease can be asymptomatic or can affect multiple organ …

Why do men have worse COVID-19-related outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis with sex adjusted for age

J Fabião, B Sassi, EF Pedrollo, F Gerchman… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
We aimed to study the mechanism behind worse coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19)
outcomes in men and whether the differences between sexes regarding mortality as well as …

The use of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors is associated with a lower risk of mortality in hypertensive COVID‐19 patients: a systematic review …

Y Wang, B Chen, Y Li, L Zhang, Y Wang… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors, including angiotensin‐converting
enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are one of the most …

[HTML][HTML] Lack of association of antihypertensive drugs with the risk and severity of COVID-19: a meta-analysis

L Ren, S Yu, W Xu, JL Overton, N Chiamvimonvat… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The association of antihypertensive drugs with the risk and severity of COVID-
19 remains unknown. Methods and Results We systematically searched PubMed …

A comprehensive guide to the pharmacologic regulation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the SARS-CoV-2 entry receptor

M Oz, DE Lorke, N Kabbani - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent emergence of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic has
prompted scientists to address an urgent need for defining mechanisms of disease …