A systematic review and meta-analysis on role of asthma on mortality rate of patients with COVID-19 authors

Purpose: This meta-analysis and systematic review was conducted to highpoint the current literature and establish data relating the mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with and without asthma Search criteria: The Scopus, Embase, PubMed, medRxiv org and Google Scholar databases were explored for studies associating the clinical results with and without asthmatic patients diagnosed with COVID-19 Mortality data were summarizing with the Mantel-Haenszel OR with 95% CI in a randomeffects model Five retrospective studies encountered the inclusion criteria A meta-analysis of data from 1181 asthmatic patients and 8,847 nonasthmatic patients specified that the presence of asthma had no extensive consequence on mortality rate (OR = 0 96;95% CI 0 70-1 30;I2 = 0%;p = 0 79) Result: Results were steady in a sensitivity analysis A descriptive examination of other clinical outcomes selected no modification in the duration of hospitalization and the risk of intensive care unit (ICU) transfer between asthmatic and nonasthmatic patients Conclusion: Asthma may not upsurge the mortality of COVID-19