Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 8, 2020

The relationship of COVID-19 severity with cardiovascular disease and its traditional risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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  • Matsushita et al conducted a systematic review of studies that explored pre-existing CVD and its traditional risk factors as risk factors of severe COVID-19. In addition to older age, they report that male sex, hypertension, diabetes, and CVD were associated in univariate analyses with severe COVID-19. 

Matsushita et al. (April 2020). The relationship of COVID-19 severity with cardiovascular disease and its traditional risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pre-print downloaded Apr 8 from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.05.20054155