CHAPTER IV

DUMMY TABLE

Table 1.

Article/ Literature rating scale

***Rating scale: ①A clearly stated aim;②Inclusion of consecutive patients;

③Prospective collection of data;④ Endpoints appropriate to the aim of the

study;⑤Unbiased assessment of the study endpoint;⑥Follow-up period appropriate to

the aim of the study;⑦Loss to follow up less than 5%;⑧ Prospective calculation of the

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study size.⑨Appropriate selection of control group;⑩Synchronization of control group;

⑪Baseline comparable between groups ⑫Appropriately statistical analysis. The global

ideal score being 24 for comparative studies.

Table 2.

Meta-analysis

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*** Meta-analysis for male, age>65 years old and current smoking in COVID-19 cases.

Heterogeneity analysis was carried out using Q test, the among studies variation (I 2

index). Forest plots depict the comparison of the incidences of male, age>65 years old

and current smoking in critical/mortal and non-critical patients.

Table 3.

Results of meta-analysis of the clinical manifestation

Table 4.

Expert and public assessments of risk

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