Review Article

The Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A PRISMA Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical and Paraclinical Characteristics

Table 3

Demographical characteristics and comorbidities of patients in the included studies.

RowAuthorDateSample sizeMean age (y. old)Age rangeSex (male)DiabetesHypertensionCardiovascular diseaseCOPDMalignanciesDigestive system disease

1Fang et al.Feb 19514539-5529
2Zhao et al.Feb 1810144/4417-755615/84/9
3Shi et al.Feb 248149/539-61421215101159
4Pan et al.Feb 136344/931-6233
5Xu et al.Feb 28905018-86396193122
6Zhang et al.Mar 251748/623-74811/751111/7
7Chen et al.Jan 309955/521-8267401111
8HuangFeb 21414941-5830201515222
9Wu et al.Feb 29804618-653931/251/251/253/75
10Guan et al.Feb 2810964935-586377/4153/91/10/92/1
11Wang et al.Feb 291385642-687510/131/214/52/97/22/9
12Yang et al.Feb 2614945/130-688118/790/671/345/37
13Xu et al.Feb 2550433-8529
14Wu et al.Feb 29804430-52425514
15Li et al.Feb 298345/525-64447/861/26
16Xia et al.Mar 052010-713
17Zhang et al.Feb 191355725-8771123012/12/810/7
18Zhou et al.Feb 166252/830-7739661
19Wang et al.Feb 2452
20Yoon et al.Apr 21954
21Qian et al.Feb 21915036-57378/7916/483/3
22Liu et al.1095543-665911336/43/7
23Chen et al.21561714/323/8
24Young et al.Feb 24184731-739
25Fan et al.Mar 051485036-6473
26Xu et al.Feb 19624132-5236282211
27Deng and PengFeb 144155/525-8942/353/819/219/2
28Huang et al.Feb 243456/2426-881411/823/517/62/98/82/9
29Kui et al.Feb 071375720-83619/510/27/31/51/5
30Tian et al.Feb 2726247/51-94127