Review Article

Cardiac Injury Biomarkers and the Risk of Death in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

AuthorDesign (country)SettingsPeriod of data collection (days)Sample sizeGenderAgeSurvivedDeathsSTROBE score
MaleFemale

Chen et al. [17]RC (China)Zhongnan Hospital and the Seventh Hospital of Wuhan city45123616257.79 ± 15.32923119
Du et al. [25]RC (China)Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital43179978257.60 ± 13.701582116
Guo et al. [18]RC (China)The Seventh Hospital, Wuhan31187919658.50 ± 14.661444320
Li et al. [19]RC (China)Tongji Hospital, Wuhan35102594357.25 ± 4.99871515
Luo et al. [20]RC (China)Eastern Campus of Renmin Hospital, Wuhan2740319321054.75 ± 4.9030310020
Ruan et al. [21]RC (China)Medical Records of NHC and China CDCNA1501024856.82 ± 10.95826813
Shi et al. [22]RC (China)Renmin Hospital, Wuhan2141620521161.00 ± 12.473595720
Zhang et al. [23]RC (China)Wuhan No. 1 Hospital5248331564.03 ± 16.54311717
Zhou et al. [24]RC (China)Jinyintan Hospital and Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital331911197256.25 ± 3.861375420

RC, retrospective cohort.