Prevalence of comorbidities in patients and mortality cases affected by SARS-CoV2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACT The new coronavirus, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Risk factors associated with this disease are age, sex, and the presence of comorbidities, the most common being hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease. The aim of this meta-analysis...

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Main Authors: Omar Ariel Espinosa, Andernice dos Santos Zanetti, Ednardo Fornanciari Antunes, Fabiana Gulin Longhi, Tatiane Amorim de Matos, Paula Franciene Battaglini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2020-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652020000100223&tlng=en