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Meta-Analysis
. 2020 Oct;92(10):1915-1921.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.25889. Epub 2020 May 17.

The impact of COPD and smoking history on the severity of COVID-19: A systemic review and meta-analysis

Qianwen Zhao  1 , Meng Meng  2 , Rahul Kumar  3 , Yinlian Wu  4 , Jiaofeng Huang  4 , Ningfang Lian  5 , Yunlei Deng  6 , Su Lin  4
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Meta-Analysis

The impact of COPD and smoking history on the severity of COVID-19: A systemic review and meta-analysis

Qianwen Zhao et al. J Med Virol. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Comorbidities are associated with the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This meta-analysis aimed to explore the risk of severe COVID-19 in patients with pre-existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ongoing smoking history. A comprehensive systematic literature search was carried out to find studies published from December 2019 to 22 March 2020 from five databases. The languages of literature included English and Chinese. The point prevalence of severe COVID-19 in patients with pre-existing COPD and those with ongoing smoking was evaluated with this meta-analysis. Overall 11 case series, published either in Chinese or English language with a total of 2002 cases, were included in this study. The pooled OR of COPD and the development of severe COVID-19 was 4.38 (fixed-effects model; 95% CI: 2.34-8.20), while the OR of ongoing smoking was 1.98 (fixed-effects model; 95% CI: 1.29-3.05). There was no publication bias as examined by the funnel plot and Egger's test (P = not significant). The heterogeneity of included studies was moderate for both COPD and ongoing smoking history on the severity of COVID-19. COPD and ongoing smoking history attribute to the worse progression and outcome of COVID-19.

Keywords: COPD; COVID-2019; smoking.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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A flow diagram of literature screening
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Forest plot and funnel plot of all outcomes
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Subgroup analysis for the impact of COPD and smoking histology on the severity of COVID‐19. CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; ICU, intesive care unit; OR, odds ratio
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