Open AccessMalignancy is a risk factor for higher COVID-19 severity:A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
G E Liu,
Wei Cai,
Huan Liu,
Hai Jiang,
Yong Yi Bi,
Hong Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2101-192
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , covid-19 , meta analysis , outbreak , disease , risk factor , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been an almost global pandemic with significant public health impacts. The increasing prevalence of malignancy has become a leading cause of human mortality. However, conflicting findings have been published on the association between malignancy and COVID-19 severity. This study aims to assess the pooled proportion of malignancy amongst 2019-nCov patients and to investigate the association between malignancy and COVID-19 severity.