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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