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Comment
. 2020 Jul:77:129-131.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.05.038. Epub 2020 May 28.

Does active smoking worsen Covid-19?

Alberto Carmona-Bayonas  1 , Paula Jimenez-Fonseca  2 , Álvaro Sánchez Arraez  3 , Felipe Álvarez Manceñido  4 , Eduardo Castañón  5
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Comment

Does active smoking worsen Covid-19?

Alberto Carmona-Bayonas et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

Probably it does.

Keywords: Bayes; Covid-19; SARS-CoV-2; Smoking.

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Forest plot. The x axis is displayed in logarithmic scale.
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Marginal density plot for the harmful effect of smoking (log odds ratio).
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